Statuette of the god Osiris, property of the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, bronze, cast, bronze, cast and instigated, Total: Height: 75 cm, Three-dimensional sculptures, Osiris, god of the underworld, standing figure, The god Osiris took a firm place in the ancient Egyptian pantheon at the latest from the end of the 5th Dynasty (around 2350 BC). His most important place of worship was in Abydos, where ancient and important necropolises are located. As the fourth god of the first dynasty of gods he was part of the Ninth of Heliopolis together with his twin sister Isis, his brother Seth and his sister Nephtys. At first, the Egyptian pharaoh still considered himself equal, which was expressed in the address of the god as 'brother'. Osiris was granted dominion over the deceased, while the pharaoh was granted dominion over the resting gods after his death. But at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom around 2140 BC, Osiris took over the rule of the entire realm of the dead and now stood over the Pharaoh. In the course of history, he merged with numerous local deities and advanced to become one of the most important gods of Egypt. Osiris was ruler of the afterlife, god of the dead and rebirth, but also of the Nile and thus of vegetation and fertility. In the hereafter he judged the dead. Osiris was considered the eldest son of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut. The Osiris myth, one of the most important myths of the ancient Egyptian religion, tells of the murder and rebirth of the god. Killed and dismembered by his brother Seth, he was brought back to life through the love of his sister wife Isis and with the help of the god Anubis. In order to ensure the proximity of Osiris and his protection, the deceased were given an image of the god into the grave or consecrated in a temple. Numerous small bronze statuettes bear witness to this custom. At 75 cm high, the figure overleaf is an unusually large bronze of the mummiform god Osiris. In his arms crossed in front
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