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| Keywords: Egyptian - Man Holding a Shrine Containing a Figure of Osiris - Walters 22196.jpg 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 664-30 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman; Saite speckled black granite cm 30 accession number 22 196 27838 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Inscription On back and below shrine Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me The Jewish Museum New York 1964 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Naophorous statue with Osiris | ||||
