A statue of Osiris in his typical guise, wearing the atef -crown and a divine beard, and holding the crook and flail in his hands held against the chest. A ring is attached to the back, allowing this figure to be worn as an amulet. The material gold is precious and easily recycled, which explains why comparatively few statues survive in this material. It is an appropriate material for the statues of deities because this metal, which shines like the sun, was considered to be the material of which the bodies of the gods were made.
Katalog "5000 Jahre Aegyptische Kunst", Essen (1961) Nr. 198.
Katalog "5000 år egyptisk konst", Stockholm (1961) 114, Kat.Nr. 166.
Katalog "5000 Jahre Aegyptische Kunst", Wien (1961/62) 87 Nr.163.
Komorzynski, E., Ägyptische Denkmäler in Wien, in: Alte und moderne Kunst, 54/55, Wien (1962), 9.
Satzinger, H., Das Kunsthistorische Museum in Wien. Die Ägyptisch-Orientalische Sammlung. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie 14. Mainz. 1994.
Seipel, W. (ed.), Ägypten. Götter, Gräber und die Kunst. 4000 Jahre Jenseitsglaube, Linz (1989).
Seipel, W. (ed.), Götter Menschen Pharaonen, Speyer (1993) = Dioses, Hombres, Faraones, Ciudad de México (1993) = Das Vermächtnis der Pharaonen, Zürich (1994).
Katalog "Osiris, Kreuz und Halbmond", Stuttgart (1984), 45, Nr. 31.
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