Bust of Ankh-Hor
525–404 BCE
- Medium
- basalt
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 27
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Credit line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This bust of Ankh-Hor comprises the top portion of a temple statue. From the position of the arms, it is evident that it originally belonged to a striding figure holding a naos, or shrine, containing the image of a deity. His high-waisted wraparound robe, fashionable during the Persian period (Dynasty 27) when this figure was carved, would have reached to his ankles.
