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Falcon Sacred to Horus

Accession: 22.409
Dynasty: 30th-early Ptolemaic Dynasty
Date: ca. 380-150 BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
Date range: 392 BCE – 150 BCE
Materials: ['granodiorite']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Falcon Sacred to Horus (22.409). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220670

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Description

<p>The falcon was associated with several celestial gods. One was Horus, a deity closely identified with living monarchs. This sculpture served as a protective image at a temple and once had a crown made separately, perhaps also from stone or even gilded bronze.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.409' rel='external'>Falcon Sacred to Horus</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus

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Walters-AccNum 22.409 tier-2
Walters-id 27612 tier-2

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