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Horus Falcon
ca. 250-200 BCE (Ptolemaic)
gabbro rock, bronze
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
The god Horus embodied divine kingship: as god of the sky, he was depicted as a hawk or a man with a hawk's head. The hole on top of the head contains remnants of the base of a bronze crown or sun disk.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Maurice Nahman?, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.64