Ring with busts of Osiris and Isis twisted so as to form a bezel

Ring with busts of Osiris and Isis twisted so as to form a bezel

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Osiris wears a rounded crown with a sun disk and cross-hatched wrappings, while Isis wears a knotted garment and double plumes.


Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ring with busts of Osiris and Isis twisted so as to form a bezelRing with busts of Osiris and Isis twisted so as to form a bezelRing with busts of Osiris and Isis twisted so as to form a bezelRing with busts of Osiris and Isis twisted so as to form a bezelRing with busts of Osiris and Isis twisted so as to form a bezel

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.