Statue Of Osiris Analysis

The Statue of Osiris can be found at the Field Museum in Chicago Illinois. It is made out of Bronze material and was created in 664-525 BC by an unknown artist. The height of the statue is 55 cm (21 5/8 in.). The Bronze statue would have been entombed with a mummified body. Osiris, a god of the dead, stands mummiform, arms positioned right above left, with wrapped feet. It was Egyptian that was created in the late period, Dynasty 26 and reflects styles from the New Kingdom.

The Statue of Osiris was originally made out of bronze and oxidized with a greenish-teal coloring. Bronze was used a lot during this time period in Egypt. New techniques were being developed by the Greeks. The direct solid lost-wax technique was used in the manufacturing

The beard was a sign of being divine while the headdress associates the god with the ruling Pharaohs. Above all else, Osiris’s features were naturalistic, a representation that was based on the actual depicted in the physical artwork. Upon further inspection, the figure had a round face with deep idealized eyes carved out , leaving noticeable black shadow matching the lack of glare on the upper rounded cheek structure. The eyebrows were contoured (to say the least). He had prominently large ears that were pulled back to accentuate his thick lipped, yet slight smile. That smile lifts the figure's cheeks up, giving it life and energy as an otherwise small potentially noticeable feature. His arms are projected out of the mummy-like wrapping. The right arm laid on his chest and his left arm was positioned below, at his stomach. Osiris’s right and left elbow are spotted with brown coloring. Corrosion has left a small hole on the left side of the chest as well as smalls cracks throughout. His hands gripped the crook and flail, one above the other. The crook and flail are symbols used in Ancient Egyptian society; they were originally the attributes of the deity Osiris, who became a symbol of Pharaonic authority. Osiris reflects this symbol of power with his idealized beard which was straight braided beard and falsely fastened to his