Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Head of Horus for attachment
Description
Cupreous metal, precious metal leaf
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A bronze figure depicting a falcon-headed deity.
The artifact is a small bronze sculpture featuring a falcon-headed figure, likely representing the god Horus. The figure is adorned with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, indicative of royal symbolism. The styling and posture are characteristic of ancient Egyptian religious iconography, with attention to detail in the feathers and facial features.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Horus
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116282220 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 52.95.2a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546051 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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