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Statuette of Canopic Jar with Head of Osiris

Culture Egyptian
Title Statuette of Canopic Jar with Head of Osiris
Date 50–150 CE
Medium Bronze and lead
Dimensions Object: 4 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (12.4 × 3.8 × 4.1 cm)
Overall: 4 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (12.4 × 3.8 × 4.1 cm)
Credit Line Burton Y. Berry Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 76.20.3

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Canopus is an ancient coastal city, situated in the Nile River delta. It was a cult center for Osiris and, in the early Roman period, statuettes of Osiris were typically presented in a jar-like form with the head of the god. Made in a variety of materials, this type of statuette is often associated with temples and shrines. Eskenazi Museum of Art’s bronze example is especially fine. Osiris wears a nemes headdress and a feather crown with sun disk. His body is decorated with a shrine flanked by birds and figures and supported by a winged beetle.


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