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The article analyzes two Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figures from the Egyptian collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. One figure is fragmentary, with the front side missing. The back side is painted with polychrome decoration including a blue wig and red shoulders bearing yellow-decorated falcon terminals. A broad collar reaches the feet and is decorated with floral motifs. Two columns of painted hieroglyphic text run from below the wig to the feet. Analysis shows the figures belong to a specific Akhmim t

Author
Amal Mohamed
Language
EN