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Copper alloy figure of Horus as a hawk
Horus falcon, with crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The ruling king of Egypt was believed to be the living embodiment of the god Horus, son of Isis and Osiris.
Height: 34 cm
Width: 11 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by Hanbury, D. H. T.
Ptolemaic Period#
Circa
-332
-
Circa
-30
bronze Copper alloy
Accession number: E.1.1940
Primary reference Number: 54329
Oldadmincategory: MW
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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