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Cippus of Horus

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Accession: 22.212
Dynasty: 26th-30th Dynasty
Date: mid 7th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)
Date range: 664 BCE – 342 BCE
Materials: ['black steatite']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Cippus of Horus (22.212). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220015

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Description

<p>This black steatite cippus is carved in low relief and depicts Horus the child. The piece has two young crocodiles on the base, and the head of Bes at the top. The figure holds two scorpions, a gazelle, and a lion.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.212' rel='external'>Cippus of Horus</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 22.212 tier-2
Walters-id 2643 tier-2

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