Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Statuette of the Child Horus

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Description

Caption: Statuette of the Child Horus, 4th–3rd century B.C.E.. Bronze, plaster, 5 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (13.7 x 6.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.364E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small bronze sculpture of a reclining figure.

The artifact is a bronze sculpture depicting a reclining figure, possibly of a deity or mythological character. The sculpture shows signs of wear and greenish patina typical of bronze artifacts over time. The figure appears to be carved with some detail, though the surface is worn. The style suggests it may belong to an artistic or religious context.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Deities Horus
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.364E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117021 tier-2
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.