God Osiris of Ancient Egypt, Lower Epoch, 664-323 B.C.

God Osiris of Ancient Egypt, Lower Epoch, 664-323 BC.
Bronze with olive green patina.
With certificate of authenticity from Ars Histórica Arqueología.
Measurements: 12,50 x 3,80 cm.

It is realized by means of the lost wax technique of the mummiform god Osiris, in sedentary position represented with the attributes of the royalty: a crown atef (with alfuna lack), the whip (mayal or nejej) and the scepter hetak. On the chin appears the false beard characteristic of this type of representations.

Osiris is the Egyptian god of resurrection, related to fertility and regeneration of the Nile, protector of vegetation and agriculture. He also presides over the court of judgment of the dead, and is in fact closely related to the Afterlife. He was considered the firstborn son of Geb, divinity of the earth, and the goddess Nut, representation of the sky. He was therefore brother and husband of Isis, with whom he had a posthumous son, Horus. We find him for the first time in the sources of the V dynasty, although it is most likely that he was worshipped long before. In fact, we find the epithet Khenti-Amentiu ("leader of the Orientals", alluding to his role as king of the Beyond) already used in the I dynasty, both in relation to the divinity and as a pharaonic title. The most valuable information about Osiris is found in the Pyramid Texts of the late V dynasty, the Shabaka Stone of the New Empire and, much later, in the texts of Greek writers such as Plutarch or Diodorus.