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<em>Figure of Horus-Helios</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Figure of Horus-Helios, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Figure of Horus-Helios</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Figure of Horus-Helios, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Figure of Horus-Helios</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Figure of Horus-Helios, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Figure of Horus-Helios</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Figure of Horus-Helios, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Figure of Horus-Helios</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Figure of Horus-Helios, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

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Figure of Horus-Helios

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 2nd-3rd century C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.212
    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
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Terracotta statuette of the child Horus-Helios, nude and standing. Large, rayed, nimbus in back of head, surmounted by minute crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Right hand held to mouth. Sidelock on head. Cast hollow in two part mould. Condition: Figure missing from hips down. Left arm missing.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Figure of Horus-Helios, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.212_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Figure of Horus-Helios</em>, 2nd-3rd century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in. (13.5 x 8.4 x 5 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, 16.212. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.212_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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