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Figure of Horus, falcon headed, striding on base

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An image of Figure/statuette. Horus, falcon headed, striding on base. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, coloured, height 0.115 m.

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Figure/statuette. Horus, falcon headed, striding on base. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, coloured, height 0.115 m.

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  • Accession Number: E.21.1955
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/39.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 671 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 354.17kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 39/1
  • Captured: 2012:03:07 03:36:13

Key words

Ancient Egypt antiquity belief birds coloured cult deity Egyptian falcon figure Fitz_ANT gods Harpocrates Heru Horus plinth Ra statuette striding walking wooden

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rgb(226,226,226), rgb(81,61,48), rgb(122,83,61), rgb(155,119,91), rgb(223,193,146), rgb(182,148,122), rgb(99,100,95), rgb(139,134,129), rgb(182,183,182), rgb(202,186,178), rgb(108,100,108)

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