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Bronze statuette of a hawk

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A bronze showing the god Horus as a hawk wearing the Double Crown. It stands on a hollow base in the form of a parallelepiped with an Egyptian cornice, which must have served as burial place for a sacred falcon.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

8404

Dating

LATE PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNSPECIFIED

Category

FIGURINE/STATUETTE

Material

BRONZE

Technique

HOLLOW CAST

Height

17 cm

Width

5.5 cm