horus figure

horus figure

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This is a figurine of the god Horus as a child.

It is from the palace at Memphis. Coppersmiths made many of these metal statuettes, using the lost was method of casting. They sold them to worshippers who gave them to the temple as an offering to the god. This is a figurine of the god Horus as a child. It is made from a copper alloy. It is between 2,670 and 3,550 years old, dating to the 26th Dynasty (664-525 BCE) in the Late Period.

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