Horus Stele

3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic) 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) Citation Source image

The Horus stele, or "cippus," was one of the most important items associated with magic in ancient Egypt. At the center of these stone slabs was the nude figure of the child Horus, or Harpocrates, associated with the newborn sun, with the head of the god Bes above him. Horus-t...

Sculpture

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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