Horus Trampling Antelope-Form Seth

ca. 664 BC-404 BCE (Late Period, 26th-27th dynasty)

6.7 cm 30.3 cm 17.5 cm

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This bronze statuette shows the falcon-headed god Horus trampling an antelope. The antelope, a desert animal sometimes associated with Horus's uncle Seth, is depicted in relief on the top of the base beneath Horus's two feet. According to ancient Egyptian mythology, Horus and...

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36859
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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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