<em>Small Statuette of Horus Wearing an Elaborate Headdress</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 5 1/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (12.9 × 2.8 × 4.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.691E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.691E_view01.jpg)

Small Statuette of Horus Wearing an Elaborate Headdress

Medium: Bronze

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:664–332 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 5 1/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (12.9 × 2.8 × 4.2 cm) with base: 5 3/4 × 1 × 1 15/16 in. (14.6 × 2.6 × 5 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 37.691E

Image: CUR.37.691E_view01.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
One nude youthful god, probably Horus. Striding on a rectangular base. His left hand at his side holds an ankh (in relief). The right hand is to the chest and holds a crook and flail, rendered in relief. Figure wears close-fitting cap with uraeus and sidelock. About his neck the god wears an amulet suspended by a cord (engraved into the surface). Springing from the cap is an atef crown. Condition: Tip of the left horn of the atef is broken off. The tangs are now firmly anchored in a block of lead on the base. The patina is brown/black overall. Solid cast.

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