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Statuette of the Child Horus

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.364E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.364E
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period
Date: 4th–3rd century B.C.E.
Date range: 399 BCE – 201 BCE
Materials: ['Bronze', 'plaster']
Height: 13.7 cm
Width: 6.6 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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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-5.4-nano

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

A small bronze statuette depicting a nude child with a sidelock of youth and a falcon-like head covering or wig, standing in a childlike pose with one hand near the chest and the other at the side.

The image shows a patinated, dark green/bronze-colored statuette of a child figure. The child has a rounded face, large eyes, and a short-to-medium wig or head covering with a central element; a falcon-head form or associated ornament is suggested above/behind the head, consistent with iconography of the Child Horus. The figure is nude with simplified musculature and a stylized belt or garment at the waist. One arm is bent with the hand held toward the torso/chest area; the other arm hangs downward, with the hand/forearm rendered schematically. A prominent green corrosion/patina is visible across the torso and limbs. No clear diagnostic hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the body or base area in this view. The background appears to be a light, textured display surface rather than part of the object.

royal Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period (as catalogued), exact dating uncertain from this single view fragmentary

Deities Horus (Child Horus)

Materials bronze (patinated/corroded, dark green surface)plaster (unclear—background only; not confidently identifiable as an applied mount)

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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