Falcon Coffin Late PeriodSaqqara
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))
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.416Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 117069 tier-2
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