statue base
Wooden base, does not belong with Osiris figure. Seems more likely to be the base for a striding figure. Inscribed with two passages of hieroglyphs. Badly damaged by termites on underside.
Base Width: 14 cm
Length: 21.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville
Accession number: E.GA.2918.1943b
Primary reference Number: 317284
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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