Beschreibung : AN EGYPTIAN BASALT FIGURE OF OSIRIS Third Intermediate Period, 25th - 26th Dynasty Circa 700 - 600 B.C. He wears the Atef crown and holds the crook and flail, with his arms crossed high on the chest, withÊ hieroglyphic inscription on the dorsal column with a funerary offering formula made to Osiris Wennefer on behalf of the ka of the donor, a Follower of the Divine Adoratrice, 25.5cm high,Ê Provenance: From the Blair family collection, Ayrshire, Footnotes: The Divine Adoratrice was the celibate high priestess at the temple of Amun at Thebes during the Kushite and Saite periods, Always a daughter or sister of a king, she ruled lower Egypt like a female pharaoh.
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Über das Lot Chargen- 17 Titel : Basalt Figure Of Osiris Anmerkung : Antiquities