Horus Stele (Cippus)

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This cippus is incised. In a panel is Horus the child standing on crocodiles and surrounded by gods holding animals. Around the panel are inscriptions. The back and sides are plain. The top and bottom are broken off.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/28/2003	Treatment	technical study; cleaned

Exhibitions

Secret Signs: Egyptian Writing. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2003-2004.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription] Around panel

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

664-342 BCE (Late Period; Saite (?))

Medium

white limestone
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.338

Measurements

H: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View