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Statue of Osiris (feet and base)

664–525 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueGreywacke
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 20 x 15.5 x 29 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/8 x 11 7/16 in.) - Lower Part
Height: .55cm (21 5/8 in) - upper part
Weight: 33.6 KG ( 74 LBS )
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Stanford Calderwood in honor of Norma Jean Calderwood, a member of the Visiting Committee of Art of the Ancient World
Accession number2000.973
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Giza. 1798: found at Giza during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign by General Jean Lannes, Duc de Montebello; taken to Paris following the French capitulation to the English; passed down in the owner’s family until 2000; 2000: purchased by the MFA from owner.

(Accession date: October 25, 2000.)