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Source Description
Statuettes of hawks were popular in Ancient Egypt from the earliest times. Most of them were related to Horus, the god of kingship and deity of the sky. This figure has the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt on the head. The base of the piece is lost; it would have been inscribed with the name of the god and donor. X-rays of this piece reveal an interior hollow space (marked by a sealed cover on the underside of the bird) containing the bones of a bird, presumably a temple-raised hawk. This made the statuette an effective representative of its donor.
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Document identity
localId
40580
label
Horus Falcon
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
40580
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Horus Falcon
description
Statuettes of hawks were popular in Ancient Egypt from the earliest times. Most of them were related to Horus, the god of kingship and deity of the sky. This figure has the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt on the head. The base of the piece is lost; it would have been inscribed with the name of the god and donor. X-rays of this piece reveal an interior hollow space (marked by a sealed cover on the underside of the bird) containing the bones of a bird, presumably a temple-raised hawk. This made the statuette an effective representative of its donor.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statuettes (statues)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
style
Saitic
dynasty
26th Dynasty
med
bronze
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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1593acdeaa6ba729