Horus Falcon-Form 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: Horus Falcon-Form Coffin, 664–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, gold, 11 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (29.8 x 7 x 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 05.394. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
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.
Bronze-colored, falcon-form figure posed with spread wings and bent legs; its head rises from a cylindrical element at the top, consistent with a Horus falcon coffin form.
The object is a single, cast, falcon-shaped figure (Horus-like) standing on the ground with both feet visible and toes splayed. Its body is streamlined with a textured feather pattern on the wings/torso and a rounded chest. The head wears a stylized headdress (or head element) that rises vertically; a circular ring-like element appears near the top of the headdress. Along the upper wing/torso area there are incised decorative bands suggestive of feather scales and/or ornament, but no clearly legible hieroglyphic inscription is visible at this resolution. The tail curves toward the right with layered feather detailing. Surface wear/patina is visible, consistent with an aged metal object.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 05.394 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3223 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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