Head of an Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut Originally in the Temple Sanctuary SE Corner

Head of an Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut Originally in the Temple Sanctuary SE Corner

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This head is one of three in the Museum's collection that belong to four Osiride figures of Hatshepsut that decorated the sanctuary of Amun in her funerary temple at Deir el Bahri. The head wears the White Crown of Upper Egypt and was originally at the southern end of the sanctuary. Another head (31.3.153) wears the Double Crown and came from the northern end. Like all the architectural limestone sculptures in Hatshepsut's temple, the sanctuary Osiride statues were painted, but they are distinguished by the unusual light pink pigment used for their flesh tone.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of an Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut Originally in the Temple Sanctuary SE CornerHead of an Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut Originally in the Temple Sanctuary SE CornerHead of an Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut Originally in the Temple Sanctuary SE CornerHead of an Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut Originally in the Temple Sanctuary SE CornerHead of an Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut Originally in the Temple Sanctuary SE Corner

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.