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1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
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An Egyptian steatite cippus of Horus
Late Dynastic Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The child Horus depicted in relief standing on two overlapping crocodiles, holding snakes and scorpions aloft, with a lion hanging from his right hand and an antelope from his left, udjat eyes at the very top, the reverse and sides with five rows of protective figures and three rows of hieroglyphs below, 3in (7.6cm) high, mounted
Late Dynastic Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The child Horus depicted in relief standing on two overlapping crocodiles, holding snakes and scorpions aloft, with a lion hanging from his right hand and an antelope from his left, udjat eyes at the very top, the reverse and sides with five rows of protective figures and three rows of hieroglyphs below, 3in (7.6cm) high, mounted
Footnotes
Provenance:
German private collection, the Ruhr.
C. Tautenhahn Collection, Houston, Texas, USA, formed prior to 1980.
























