Falcon

4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Ptolemaic)

1.6 cm 3.3 cm 2.9 cm

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In this heavy breasted falcon carved of lapis lazuli, only the general forms, the round eyes and line across the beak are presented. There is a peculiar sharply cut depression behind the head which suggests a ruff.

Artifact

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18498
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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6
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