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Statuette of Horus or Ra
Egyptian
Late Period–Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic dynast
760–30 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x width: 17.8 x 4.4 cm (7 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4405
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis badly damaged figurine represents a falcon-headed deity, most likely Horus or Ra-Horakhty. He wears a tripartite wig and short kilt, and strides forward with his left leg. The top of the headdress is now mising.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)