Statuette of the Child Horus

ca. 305–200 B.C.E.

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Caption

Statuette of the Child Horus, ca. 305–200 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 1/16 x 1 x 2 1/4 in. (12.9 x 2.6 x 5.7 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, 16.319. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Statuette of the Child Horus

Date

ca. 305–200 B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period

Geography

Reportedly from: Tell el-Muqdam (Leontopolis), Egypt, Possible place purchased: Cairo, Egypt

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

5 1/16 x 1 x 2 1/4 in. (12.9 x 2.6 x 5.7 cm)

Inscriptions

Horus the Child, the great god who is in Athribis.

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

16.319

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