Horus

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Title	Horus
Artist	Artist Unknown (Egyptian)
Date	c. 2000-1570 B.C.
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Sculpture | Stone

Size:

1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in. (3.8 x 3.2 x 1.0 cm)

Creation Place:

Africa, Egypt

Culture:

Egyptian, Africa, Egypt

Style:

21st-16th century B.C., 12th - 18th dynasty; Middle Kingdom

Physical Description:

Horus (Sacred Falcon); Horus as falcon; grey stone with one obsidian eye and one lapis lazuli eye

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The William Hood Dunwoody Fund

Accession Number:

16.108

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009