Amulet-Pendant of the Horus Falcon

1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom)

0.6 cm 1.6 cm 0.2 cm

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This smoothly carved amulet represents the great god and patron of the king, Horus with falcon head, in tight kilt, seated with hands drawn up on knees. A pierced loop projects from mid back.

Artifact

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32195
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Khawam Brothers, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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4
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