Statuette of Horus as a Hawk Egypt 250-200 BCE Gabbro with Bronze

"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." - Walters Art Museum

Photographed at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Djedhuti says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Strictly Ptolemaic, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Tao of jonathon says:

Oh.....This is a work of art.
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pyramidtextsonline says:

Always a pleasure. :-)
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Statuette of Horus as a Hawk Egypt 250-200 BCE Gabbro with Bronze

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