Carved wooden head of Osiris, wearing Hedjet crown. Eyes featured inlay which is now missing, two 'burns'(?) either side - large round indents, on either side of the crown, possibly to house the ostrich feathers that comprised the Atef crown of Osiris. Two small holes in the front of the crown may have held a uraeus serpent.
Osiris, head
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Depth: 5.5 cm
Length: 18 cm
Width: 4.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Accession number: E.65.1937
Primary reference Number: 53611
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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