STATUE OF PTAH SOKAR OSIRIDE Late Period, 664-332 BC Polychrome stuccoed wooden statue depicting the god Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, standing and mummiform figure on a rectangular wooden plinth, wearing a tripartite smooth wig painted in blue and a false beard, the Usek collar composed of five rounds of pearls and amulets, the face is regular with large eyes highlighted by the bistro, straight nose, small mouth and slightly protruding cheekbones. Central column of hieroglyphic inscription both front and rear, largely evanide. Polychrome evanide, chipping, repainting. The syncretistic figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris appears at the end of the New Kingdom and becomes a common object in the burials up to the Roman period. It represented the union of three classical deities of the Egyptian pantheon worshiped and celebrated in Memphis: Ptah, Sokaris and Osiris. Sokaris was a Mephite god of the dead but was also patron of the artisans who worked on the construction of the necropolises, from the Middle Kingdom he was associated with Ptah, also a tutelary deity of craftsmen and scribes, Ptah-Sokar assumes the function of protecting thresholds and passages and their power to create life. From the New Kingdom it was also assimilated to Osiris becoming a composite divinity that represented the three aspects of the universe: creation, stability and death. It is a funerary deity and had the function of watching over the necropolis of Saqqara Communication to the Archaeological Superintendence of Bologna Cod. 162/2003 PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS FIGURE Late Period, 664-332 BC A chalk-painted wood Ptah-Sokar-Osiris , the mummiform figure wearing tripartite wig painted in blue, false beard, large usek collar composed of five horizontal bands outlined in black across the chest, the face with black painted eyes, pupils, cosmetic lines and brows, the body painted red, a vertical column of hieroglyphs down the center of the body and another on the back. Chipping, paint loss, repaintings. This funeral deity is the syncretistic association of three different gods: Sokaris was the Memphite god of the dead, but he was also the patron of the workers who built the necropolis and the craftsmen who made tomb artefacts and of those who made ritual objects and substances used in mummification. From the Middle Kingdom he was merged with Ptah. Ptah-Sokar represented the soil and its power to create life. As Ptah was considered to be the patron of artisans, Sokar became specifically the patron of goldsmiths. Soon after, Sokar became associated with Osiris as the composite deity, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. This composite deity represented the three aspects of the universe: creation, stability, and death. Cod. 162/2003 Height about 50 cm