Horus Falcon
The god Horus embodied divine kingship: as god of the sky, he was depicted as a hawk or a man with a hawk's head. The hole on top of the head contains remnants of the base of a bronze crown or sun disk.
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11277
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sculpture
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Maurice Nahman?, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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source
import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.64_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.64_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.64_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.64 |
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