Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · amulet

Figure of Kebehsenuef, Son of Horus

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 48.1642. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 48.1642
Dynasty: 29th-30th Dynasty
Date: 1st half 4th century BC (Late Period)
Date range: 400 BCE – 351 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with blue and black glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Figure of Kebehsenuef, Son of Horus (48.1642). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220908

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Description

<p>During the process of mummification, amulets of different kinds were placed on the body or wrapped in the mummy bindings to protect the deceased from the dangers of the underworld. Figures of the four "Sons of Horus", the gods who protected the containers that held the organs of the deceased, were an indispensable part of a complete set of amulets.This figure of the falcon-headed god Kebehsenuef, who was responsible for the intestines, is formed in the round with a backplate and a base. The mummiform god has a long wig and holds a long folded cloth in each hand.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1642' rel='external'>Figure of Kebehsenuef, Son of Horus</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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.

Green-glazed faience figure carved in the form of a mummiform deity figure with a human face and broad shoulders.

The object is a small, rectilinear faience figurine with a flat back and pierced sides near the upper and lower areas. The top shows a stylized face with prominent features and a headdress/forehead band; beneath the face is a mummiform body with crossed/stacked arms or hands indicated at chest level and a long, central emblem-like column down the torso. The overall surface is coated in a greenish-blue glaze, with darker green/blackish areas suggesting wear or inlaid/contrasting details. No clearly legible hieroglyphic inscription is visible in the provided image, and no cartouche or royal titulary can be identified. The visible iconography (a figure associated with the Horus/children of Horus type) is consistent in general with the catalogue’s identification as a figure connected to Kebehsenuef, though the specific name “Kebehsenuef” is not legible here, so agreement is based on form only rather than readable text.

religious Ancient Egyptian, Late Period to Ptolemaic period (faience funerary/decorative figure; exact dating unclear from image alone) good

Deities unknown (possibly a child of Horus figure such as Kebehsenuef; not explicitly legible)

Materials Egyptian faience (glazed surface)

Connections

Deities Horus Qebehsenuef

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 48.1642 tier-2
Walters-id 40736 tier-2

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