IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 51810 accession number: E.2.1916 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 8 December 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure (including base, figure, and headdress) object type: Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure on stand, the figure is hollow, and is covered with 'stucco' and painted, the feathers of the headdress and the face are gilded. The figure appears to be covered in a layer of dirt, and much of the paintwork is in reasonable condition, however the paint in some areas (such as the base) has come away in reasonably large flakes. The base is inscribed with a prayer on behalf of Djehuty[...?], scribe and 'Servant/Prophet of Horus of Edfu' at the Temple of Horus, in Edfu. The appearance of the figure (along with the regionality of mother's name) suggests it was made in Akhmim. This is supported by close visual, and textual, similarities with other attested examples in other museum collections. Two columns of inscription on the front of the figure, and two columns of inscription on the reverse. The yellow colour of the base represents the sands of Rosetau, a location originally linked with the Memphite necropolis, but later referring to necropoleis in general, and the name for the entrance to the ancient Egyptian underworld. Sokar was the principal god of this region. Surrounding the base is a band of blue, emphasising the upright Osiris (represented by the figure) as surrounded by water, like the Osireion at Abydos. Thus, the base (as a microcosm of a tomb) is the primeval mound rising from the primeval water, seen to have a rejuvenating effect on the deceased. title: Ptah-Sokar-Osiris box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/51810 TECHNIQUES ---------- painted TECHNIQUES ---------- gilded CATEGORIES ------ category: funerary equipment DATING ------ culture: Ptolemaic Period DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 82.5 dimension: Length units: cm value: 46.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 14.5 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Made in Ancient Egypt