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

Small Statuette of the Child Horus

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Description

Caption: Small Statuette of the Child Horus, 305–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 3 11/16 × 13/16 × 1 1/16 in. (9.3 × 2 × 2.7 cm) Height without tang: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.933E.

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 statue of a child deity standing on a base.

The artifact is a bronze statue depicting a youthful deity, possibly associated with Horus due to the sidelock hairstyle. The figure stands upright on a simple block base, with detailed facial and body features. The style suggests a focus on divine youth, common in certain depictions of deities like Horus the Child in Ancient Egypt.

religious Late Period good
Deities Horus
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Memphis
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.933E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117517 tier-2
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