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Osiris with the features of Amenhotep III

Reign of Amenhotep III, 1390 - 1353 B.C.
Quartzite h. 52.5 cm, w. 21.2 cm, d. 26.2 cm
Gift of Miss Anna D. Slocum. Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, 1909 09.288

Egyptian rulers were traditionally identified at their deaths with Osiris, god of the afterlife. Osiris is shown here with the features of Amenhotep III -- flat, narrow eyes with thick cosmetic lines and a mouth with overbite and pronounced central dip.