# Amulet of the God Horus as a Falcon

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/136322)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/dfcd426e-fd3e-c9e5-e0ab-64d69753a0c0/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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