Wood figure of Ptah Soker Osiris the mummiform figure wears a tripartite wig and a short chin beard on an integral plinth which was originally inserted in a separately made base traces of polychrome preserved throughout

Ptah-Soker-Osiris

Egypt, African

Late Period to Ptolemaic Period (664 - 30 BC), About 650 BC

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