Horus Stele (Cippus)

4th century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)

3.8 cm 7.2 cm 3.6 cm

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This piece is carved in high relief. Horus the Child stands on two crocodiles, and holds two sceptres with hawks, a gazelle, a lion, and a scorpion. The wings of the hawks are on top of the rendered stele, and the head of the god Bes is placed above the head of the Horus Child.

Sculpture

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14313
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [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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8
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