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Horus the Child Seated on a Throne
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This statuette has been carved in the round, and depicts Horus the Child seated on a throne. Horus has a lock of hair at the right. His right hand is to his mouth. There are two lions at the sides of the chair.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 5/16 in. (16 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.
22.339