A LARGE EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON-HEADED HORUS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
A LARGE EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON-HEADED HORUS PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C. Depicted seated on a throne with his feet side-by-side on a projecting plinth, his arms lowered, both hands fisted, the right palm down, and left palm inward, with a support strut below joined to the thigh, the god wearing a pleated and belted shendyt kilt, a multi-strand broad collar, and a striated tripartite wig surmounted by the double crown, fronted by a uraeus , his face with a short curved beak and convex circular lidded eyes, the eyes articulated with a dot within a disk, the hieroglyphic for "sun," traces of a hieroglyphic inscription on the front edge of the plinth 26¼ in. (66.6 cm.) high
A LARGE EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON-HEADED HORUS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
A LARGE EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON-HEADED HORUS PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C. Depicted seated on a throne with his feet side-by-side on a projecting plinth, his arms lowered, both hands fisted, the right palm down, and left palm inward, with a support strut below joined to the thigh, the god wearing a pleated and belted shendyt kilt, a multi-strand broad collar, and a striated tripartite wig surmounted by the double crown, fronted by a uraeus , his face with a short curved beak and convex circular lidded eyes, the eyes articulated with a dot within a disk, the hieroglyphic for "sun," traces of a hieroglyphic inscription on the front edge of the plinth 26¼ in. (66.6 cm.) high
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