Seated Osiris-Anedjty
Unknown Artist
285–246 B.C. probably
Medium
Granodiorite
Dimensions
H. 71.5 × W. 71.8 cm (28 1/8 × 28 1/4 in.)
Classification
Relief, seated Osiris-Anedjty
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number
12.182.4a
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the **Seated Osiris-Anjty**, a commanding granite-like sculpture carved from granodiorite during Egypt's Ptolemaic Period (ca. 285–246 B.C.). This nearly life-sized figure (71.5 × 71.8 cm) captures the god Osiris in his syncretic form as Anedjty, the ram-headed deity linked to the city of Mendes. Acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1912, it now graces the Egyptian Art galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the Ptolemaic erafollowing Alexander the Great's conquest, when Greek rulers adopted Egyptian traditions—such statues embodied divine kingship and the afterlife. Osiris, god...