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Remarks on royal statues in the form of the god Osiris from Deir el-Bahari
Remarks on royal statues in the form of the god Osiris from Deir el-Bahari

Author(s): Zbigniew E. Szafrański
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Deir el-Bahari, Osirides; statues of Amenhotep I; Hatshepsut and Amenhotep III in the form of Osiris; statues of Osiris from Third Intermediate Period burial ground; statues of Senusret III;

Summary/Abstract: This article recapitulates information available, and mostly not published yet, on the statues in the form of the god Osiris from the Upper (Coronation) and Lower Porticoes of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. This includes the North and South Colossi, both of which were recently restored in a pilot reconstruction project undertaken by the Polish team, revising a missed restoration attempt by earlier excavators. Other examples include a sandstone painted statue of Amenhotep I, from Asasif, in the form of the mummiform figure of the god Osiris, which was also reconstructed, a fragmentary sandstone statue of Amenhotep III in the form of Osiris, as well as two fragments of statues of Osiris from the Third Intermediate Period burial ground discovered in the area of the temple of Hatshepsut.

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: XXVII
  • Page Range: 375-390
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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