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Summary
: Ha7677
: World Archaeology - Egyptology
: figurine
: A hollow figure of Horus seated in front of an obelisk with a flat top; the whole is on a broken base. Horus is depicted as a hawk-headed human wearing a short pleated kilt, long wig and double crown with uraeus (cobra). His arms are by his side with clenched fists, wearing bracelets around the wrist and upper arm. The throne is incised with scales and parallel lines. The obelisk is plain.
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
: Tell el-Yahudiya (Nay-ta-hut, Leontopolis, The Mound of the Jews) (?)
: 300 BC
: Ptolemaic Period (early)