Faience amulet of Horus
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7500, G 7450, G 7530-7540, G 7550
Small faience [amulet], seated figure of [hawk-headed] Horus [with double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt]; faded green glaze.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_27-4-1205
- Alternate IDs
- 27-4-1205; HUMFA_27-4-1205
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Entry Date
- 04/16/1927
- Title
- Faience amulet of Horus
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: 2.4 cm Width: .5 - .7 cm Length: 1.1 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Street G 7500, debris
- Remarks
- This amulet depicts a seated hawk-headed male deity, wearing the double crown of kingship. A number of Egyptian gods are portrayed as hawk-headed humans, making it difficult to identify those without distinguishing crowns. However, when the god wears the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt he is almost certainly Horus.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified