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Description: | Ptah-Sokar Osiris figure on base. Covered with black resin. 21.3cm high. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1906.The Osiris figure is first seen around 1300 BC and is gradually developed into the Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure which begins around 700BC. (Aston, D.A. 1991 'Two Osisris Figures of the Third Intermediate Period'. 'Journal of Egyptian Archaeology', 77, 95-107 page 101). They are part of the general tradition of placing mummiform items in tombs. This figure is probably later. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | Type Ia | Temporal: | Roman Period
Graeco Roman | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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