Osiris
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
First Millennium BCE (1000 BCE-1 CE)
Bronze
Overall: 3 1/4 × 11/16 in. (8.3 × 1.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.2.483
Geography/Culture
Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Figure
Classification
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Mary Maynard Hitchcock (1834-1887) and Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), in Egypt (possibly from a dealer in Alexandria or Cairo), about 1867-68; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
Old Number
Red No. 12.479; glass plate negative #: 28B23
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