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Horus Falcon

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Accession: 54.2115
Date: mid 8th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)
Date range: 760 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['bronze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Horus Falcon (54.2115). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220523

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<p>This falcon is a verson of the god Horus, as indicated by the Double Crown (pschent) of Egypt he wears. The rectangular hole under the tail indicates that this statuette may have been used as a reliquary for bones from a sacred falcon.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2115' rel='external'>Horus Falcon</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus

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Walters-AccNum 54.2115 tier-2
Walters-id 18510 tier-2

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