Falcon of Horus
Date663/525 BC
Object PlaceEgypt, North Africa, Africa
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions15 1/2 inches (39.37 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Sarah Bacon Hill Fund
Terms
Object number59.119
DescriptionFalcon, wearing a double crown on its head, stands stiffly, facing forward. Face and feathers are engraved in detail.On View
Not on viewCollections
- Egyptian Objects from the DIA
Locations
- Treatment Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Conservation, Fine Art
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Maurine Nahman;
S. Bing;
Mutiaux
6th Century BC
early 1st Century AD
c. 604 BC
5th Century BC
150/100 BC
745/727 BC
2600/2000 BC
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