id:			122515
accession number:	1942.778.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.778.1
updated:		2025-02-09 00:54:50.056000

Head of Osiris, 664–525 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later. Bronze, hollow cast; overall: 11 x 7.7 x 4.6 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.778.1

title:				Head of Osiris
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creation date:			664–525 BCE
creation date earliest:		-664
creation date latest:		-525
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creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later
technique:	bronze, hollow cast
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 11 x 7.7 x 4.6 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1942, no. 258', 'opening_date': '1942-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Said to be from Zagazig (doubtful). Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo, by John L. Severance
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 86, cat. no. 258
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n90

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 433; Mentioned: p. 433-434, cat. no. 330
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