Virtual Egyptian - Osiris-Neper, god of agriculture, Dyn. 18

Osiris-Neper, god of agriculture, Dyn. 18

Period:		Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
Dating:		1570 BC–1293 BC
Origin:		Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes
Material:		Bronze
Physical:		18.6cm. (7.3 in.) - 580 g. (20.5 oz.)
Catalog:		MET.LL.00152

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This bronze statue with alabaster eyes represents Osiris-Neper, the god of agriculture.

The distinctive crown of Osiris, known as the atef, comprises a tall conical centerpiece flanked by ostrich feathers mounted on the extending wavy horns of a species of ram now extinct. In this statuette, the horn and feathers on the right side of the crown are missing, and so is the upper half of the feathers on the left side. The crown of Upper Egypt is protected by an oversized cobra (royal uraeus). The crook (hka) and flail (nhaha), which he once held in his hands, are now missing. They may have been separate pieces, as sometimes occurred. A large usekh collar, rendered by deep incisions in the bronze, wraps around the chest of the god.

This type of statuette would have been buried in the tomb with the mummy. Notches over the entire body of the statuette would have held seeds of barley or wheat left to germinate. “The germination of the grain typified the germination of the spiritual body of the deceased” (Budge 1973:[1]58).

Bibliography (for this item)

Budge, E. A. Wallis, Sir
1973 Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection (unabridged republication of the 1911 edition by the Medici Society). Dover Publications, New York, NY.

Hart, George
1986 A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, United Kingdom.

Ions, Veronica
1969 Mythologie Egyptienne (Translation of the 1968 edition by the Hamlyn Publishing Group). ODEGE, Paris, France.

Khalil, Hassan M.
1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco.

Roeder, Gunther
1956 Agyptische Bronzefiguren in Mitteilungen aus der Agytischen Sammlung. Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin.. Tafelband, Berlin, Germany.

Stewart, Harry M.
1995 Egyptian Shabtis. Shire Publications, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. (
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Osiris-Neper, god of agriculture, Dyn. 18

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