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Osiris Resurrecting
CG 38424 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Gneiss with
Headdress of Electrum and Gold
Size: Height: 29.5 cm; Width: 18 cm; Depth 55.5 cm
Location: Horbeit
Period: 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC)
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In this statue, Osiris, a primary god of the netherworld
particularly after the New Kingdom, resurrects, or
awakens himself from death. His figure is that of a
mummy and this process was closely associated with the
rebirth of the sun each day.
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