Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue

Psametik-mry-Re Holding Osiris Figure

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Description

<p>The statue represents the charioteer Psametik-mry-Re. He stands holding a large figure of the god Osiris, Lord of the Underworld. Such "Osirophorus" figures were popular during the Egyptian Late Period (7th-4th century BCE). They were placed in temples to guarantee the participation of the person depicted in the rituals for the gods.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.206' rel='external'>Psametik-mry-Re Holding Osiris Figure</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A dark, standing Osiris figure holds a stylized object in front of the chest, with a nemes-style headcloth and a distinctive atef/Osirian crown.

The image shows a standing, human-form deity statue identified as an Osiris-type figure by its elongated posture, frontal stance, and Osirian regalia. The figure wears a nemes headcloth with hanging side lappets. The head and torso are smooth and dark-toned, while the lower body ends in a cylindrical/club-like base. In front of the figure’s torso, both hands grasp a central Osirian emblem/object resembling a bound or vertically held symbol with a ruffled collar-like element above it. The figure’s chest is bare and the arms hang down to hold the object. No clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible in this photograph. The overall surface appears polished and stone-like; the catalogue materials list granodiorite, which matches the general appearance of a dark, dense stone, though the exact stone cannot be confirmed from the image alone.

religious unknown good
Deities Osiris (depicted as an Osiris holding figure)
Materials stone (likely granodiorite per catalogue)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[On the rear column] An offering which the king gives (to) Osiris, lord of Ro-setaw, the great god, that he may give funerary offerings of (bread, beer), oxen and fowl, incense, garments, alabaster (jars of oil), cool water, all good, pure, and sweet things to the revered before Osiris, lord of Ro-setaw, the charioteer Psametik-mry-Re, son of the general Wah-ka-onekh.

Connections

Deities OsirisRa

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.206 tier-2
  • Walters-id 9435 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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