Horus Falcon

mid 8th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period) Overall: 6 7/16 in. (16.3 cm) Citation

The falcon wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The rims of his eyes are inlaid with gold. He sits on an inscribed base.

Artifact

id	id 23642
contentType	contentType object
stage	stage normalized
provenance	provenance Maurice Nahman, Cairo ?, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri	rightsUri CC0
language	language en
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source	source import

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.793

Culture

Egyptian

Medium

bronze, gold

Genre

statuettes (statues)

createdBy

Egyptian