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Detail of a turtle-headed protective figure, Egyptian, end of the 18th Dynasty, c1325 BCE. Figures like this were servants of Osiris, the god of the dead, who presided over both the Afterlife and the Underworld. This example is from a royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt. H. 37.2 cm. Inv. EA 50704.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART306749
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4670px × 3736px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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18th dynasty (1570-1314 BCE)
Figure, Sculpture
Funerary
Osiris, God
Protection
Turtle
Wood