Head of the Child Horus

Graeco-Egyptian

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Caption

Graeco-Egyptian. Head of the Child Horus, Marble, 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm) H. w/tang: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.83. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Head of the Child Horus

Period

Ptolemaic Period (probably), or later

Geography

Place collected: Egypt

Medium

Marble

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

1 3/4 × 1 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.5 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm) H. w/tang: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.580.83

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