Archaeological Museum of Bologna

This type of templar statues become common in Egypt, starting from the XIX dynasty; represent an official or a priest, who held in hands the statue of a god, or a king or a temple (naos) within a divine figure.

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Inside the temple supported by this Naophoros is the god Osiris: standing, the body wrapped in a funeral sheet, the scepter and the flabellum tight in the hands crossed on his chest, the atef (the white crown of Upper Egypt between two ostrich feathers) on his head.

Provenance: Coptos (?). Palagi Collection (Nizzoli)
Datation: Late period; first half of 26th dynasty (664 - 525 BC)
Material: Serpentine
Dimensions: cm 30,3 x 14,5 x 17,5
Inventory #: EG 1828