Figure of Horus, falcon headed, striding on base

An image of Figure/statuette. Horus, falcon headed, striding on base. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, coloured, height 0.115 m.

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Figure/statuette. Horus, falcon headed, striding on base. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, coloured, height 0.115 m.

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Accession Number: E.21.1955
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 671 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 354.17kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2012:03:07 03:36:13

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Ancient Egypt antiquity belief birds coloured cult deity Egyptian falcon figure Fitz_ANT gods Harpocrates Heru Horus plinth Ra statuette striding walking wooden

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