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This gold and lapis lazuli statue in the Louvre depicts the gods (from left to right) Horus, Osiris, and Isis. In mythology Isis was both Osiris’s sister and wife and Horus was their son. The deities are recognizable by their attributes: the feathered crown and shroud for Osiris; the falcon head and double crown for Horus; and the horned disk for Isis. Osiris is crouching on a pillar of a deep blue lapis lazuli that places him at the same level as his family. An inscription under the base reads: "The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, the master of the Two Lands, Usermaatre, the chosen of Amun, the son of Ra, the lord of the crowns, Osorkon beloved of Amun"; and opposite, from left to right: "I grant you the years of Atum, like Ra, I grant you encompassing bravery and total victory, I give you countless jubilees; thus speaks Osiris Wennefer." (inscription from the Louvre web site: http://www.louvre.fr)

Seti I Presenting Ma’at

Name: Osiris, Isis, and Horus: Pendant Bearing the Name of King Osorkon II

Material: Gold, lapis, red glass

Size:
Height: 17.59 cm (6.75 in)
Width: 6.6 cm (2.5 in)

Date: 874–850 BCE

Place of Origin: Unknown

Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Registration # and Source: E 6204. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Sully, 1st floor, room 29. Wikimedia Commons. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Attribution: Work of Guillaume Blanchard
Official License: Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 1.0. (accessed September 10, 2009).

For more information: The Musée du Louvre. Link to resource.

Jennie Myers

Research Associate, University of Chicago