Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure of Ankhshepenwepet ca. 712–664 B.C. Third Intermediate Period This wooden statuette belongs to a tradition of upright mummiform statuettes on rectangular bases that dates back to the Middle Kingdom. It is meant to represent a divine being, or sah. Here the figure is shown wearing a crown of ram's horns topped by two ostrich plumes (the shuty crown), a blue tripartite wig, and a broad collar. A bead net is shown over the red wrappings. There is a back pillar, a feature that first appears on Osiride figures during this period. The statuette is pegged to a long base. The
GLIX-115-2HH3J62
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Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure of Ankhshepenwepet ca. 712–664 B.C. Third Intermediate Period This wooden statuette belongs to a tradition of upright mummiform statuettes on rectangular bases that dates back to the Middle Kingdom. It is meant to represent a divine being, or sah. Here the figure is shown wearing a crown of ram's horns topped by two ostrich plumes (the shuty crown), a blue tripartite wig, and a broad collar. A bead net is shown over the red wrappings. There is a back pillar, a feature that first appears on Osiride figures during this period. The statuette is pegged to a long base. The