Amulet of the God Horus as a Falcon
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (664–30 BCE)
- Medium
- Faience
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 6.9 × 2.8 × 6.8 cm (2 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This falcon, a representation of Horus, is finely detailed with the feathers and the scales on the legs. The falcon probably originally wore a double crown, which symbolized his rule over Northern and Southern Egypt.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
