Bronze Figure - Horus As Hawk, Compos. Crown
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1959
name: label: Donor Name
content: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Horus as a hawk, composite crown of upper and lower Egypt. Provenience unknown, XXVI Dynasty, bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915."
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Bronze Horus votive, 664-250 B.C. Crafted as an offering, this hawk statue includes a hole at the base of the tail to slip a mummy through. The small wood flap that covered the opening is missing, as is the mummy.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, II Intermediate Period, Dynasty XVI
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 223500
label: USNM Number
content: A422997-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure