Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure, Ptolemaic Period, 306–30 B.C., From Egypt, Wood, paint, gesso, H. 81.5 cm (32 1/16 in.); base: L. 43 × W. 12 cm (16 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.), Hollow wooden figures of Osiris were used to hold funerary texts on papyrus scrolls in the later periods of Egyptian history. This excellent example was made for a musician of the god of the twelfth nome of Upper Egypt, Ihet, born of the House Mistress, Gemyet
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Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure, Ptolemaic Period, 306–30 B.C, Egypt, Wood, paint, gesso, H, 81.5 cm, 32 1/16, base, L, 43, W, 12, 16 15/16, 4 3/4, Hollow wooden, figures, Osiris, hold funerary, texts, papyrus scrolls, later periods, Egyptian history, excellent example, musician, god, twelfth nome, Upper Egypt, Ihet, born, House Mistress, Gemyet
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