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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Man Holding a Shrine Containing a Figure of Osiris
Description
<p>This speckled black granite statue depicts a man holding a shrine containing a figure of Osiris. The man has hollow eyes for inlay. The piece has an inscription on the back and below the shrine. The piece has been repaired and broken and has feet broken off. The piece is either from the Saite or Ptolemaic periods.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.196' rel='external'>Man Holding a Shrine Containing a Figure of Osiris</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 seated/standing male figure carved in dark stone with a bald/close-cropped head and a long beard, one arm held down while the hands grasp a rectangular shrine-like object at waist level.
The image shows a sculpted Egyptian male figure (human proportions) with a shaved/bald head and a prominent, stylized beard. The figure’s torso is simplified, with a belt or band across the lower abdomen/waist. At the lower body level, a rectangular, shrine-like element is held or supported between/near the hands; within this recess is a smaller figure or emblem painted/contrasted in a lighter tone. The overall surface is weathered with visible pitting and abrasion, consistent with granite. No readable hieroglyphic inscription, cartouche, or alphabetic text is visible in the provided photograph. The background is plain and the object stands on a light-colored display base.
religious
unknown
poor
Deities
Osiris
Materials
speckled black granite
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
[On back and below shrine, inscription with badly cut signs; illegible]
Connections
Deities
Osiris
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 22.196 tier-2
- Walters-id 27838 tier-2
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.