Falcon Coffin
Description
Object Label: The god Horus was the son of the first king and queen, Osiris and Isis. Thus, in human form, he is often worshipped as a child. But Horus was strongly associated with the falcon and, as a sky god, with the sun. Images of Horus as a child are often found in falcon mummy cemeteries mixed together with falcon-shaped mummy coffins, as if they have similar votive functions. Caption: Falcon Coffin, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, animal remains, linen, 7 1/8 × 6 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (18.1 × 16.8 × 5.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.416Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
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.
Bronze figure of a falcon wearing a double crown.
The artifact depicts a falcon standing on a rectangular base, wearing the double crown symbolic of Upper and Lower Egypt. The sculpture is crafted in bronze, showcasing traditional Egyptian artistic style, notable for its detailed rendering of the bird's features.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.416Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 117069 tier-2
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