Son of Horus, jackal headed mummiform figure

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Figure. Son of Horus, jackal headed mummiform figure, standing, rectangular base and feet restored, black resin coating, buried with Nakhtefmut. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt. Wood, carved, depth 22.5 cm, height 41 cm, width 9 cm, circa 923 B.C. Twenty-second Dynasty; Third Intermediate period.

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Accession Number: E.87.1896
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Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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10th Century afterlife Ancient Egypt animal animals antiquity BC belief carved Duamutef Egyptian figure Fitz_ANT Harpocrates Heru Horus jackal mummiform mummy Ra religion sons standing Third Intermediate Period wood wooden

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