Priest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirt

Priest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirt

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Over the leopard skin this man is wearing is a banderole inscribed with the remnants of his name and titles: “God’s Father, God’s Beloved, . . .Haty. . . .” It has been suggested that the presence of the titles and names of the subject rather than the king may be characteristic of the Kushite or very early Saite Period. If true, this would agree with the stylistic traits—broad neck, round skull, and small chin—that also link this figure to that era.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Priest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirtPriest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirtPriest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirtPriest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirtPriest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirt

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.