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

Small Statuette of Horus Wearing an Elaborate Headdress

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Description

Caption: Small Statuette of Horus Wearing an Elaborate Headdress, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 1/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (12.9 × 2.8 × 4.2 cm) with base: 5 3/4 × 1 × 1 15/16 in. (14.6 × 2.6 × 5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.691E.

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 bronze statuette depicting a standing figure with a tall headdress.

This artifact is a bronze statuette featuring a standing figure in a profile view. The figure is adorned with a tall, elaborate headdress that suggests a deity or important person. The style is characteristic of detailed metalwork, focusing on the stature and distinct attributes like the headdress.

religious New Kingdom good
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Thebes
Deities Horus
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.691E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117299 tier-2
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