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Falcon Shaped Horus

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Accession: 57.1433
Dynasty: 21st-26th Dynasty
Date: ca. 1070-525 BCE (Third Intermediate-Late Period)
Date range: 1082 BCE – 525 BCE
Materials: ['gold, silver']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Falcon Shaped Horus (57.1433). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220945

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<p>The falcon god Horus represented the sky and was also associated with kingship from the late 4th millennium. This small falcon figure is made from gold and has a silver double-crown (which stands for Upper and Lower Egypt) attached.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1433' rel='external'>Falcon Shaped 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 57.1433 tier-2
Walters-id 13155 tier-2

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