The sculpture may depict Osiris, who had been murdered, making his wife Isis pregnant after his death, which later resulted in the birth of Horus. 305-30 B.C. Brooklyn Museum [1536×1256]
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The sculpture may depict Osiris, who had been murdered, making his wife Isis pregnant after his death, which later resulted in the birth of Horus. 305-30 B.C. Brooklyn Museum [1536×1256]
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This Ancient Egyptian myth was associated with fertility and resurrection. The six smaller figures are probably priests; two of them restrain and hold an oryx, which signifies the destruction of evil and Osiris’s triumph. Limestone, painted, 6 1/2in. (16.5cm)
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