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Faience plaque of Amenemopet adoring Osiris

British Museum

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

This blue plaque may have been set in a frame of a different material and placed on the chest of a mummy to function like a funerary pectoral. However, this seems unlikely in view of the shape and relatively large size of the object. The decoration in black shows Amenemopet, who was a scribe and overseer of the treasury of the Lord of the Two Lands (the king), adoring Osiris. Osiris is depicted in the common form of a mummiform figure with arms crossed on his chest. It has been observed that the drawing of Amenemopet is more detailed than that of Osiris.

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  • Title: Faience plaque of Amenemopet adoring Osiris
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 16.50cm; Width: 12.00cm; Thickness: 1.40cm
  • External Link: British Museum collection online
  • Technique: glazed; painted
  • Subject: ancient egyptian deity
  • Registration number: .6133
  • Place: Found/Acquired Thebes
  • Period/culture: 20th Dynasty; 21st Dynasty
  • Material: glazed composition
  • Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
  • Acquisition: Purchased from Anastasi, Giovanni
British Museum

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