Egyptian Figure of Horus, 100 BC-100 AD. (item #893704)

Ifergan Collection - Ancient Art

Egyptian Figure of Horus, 100 BC-100 AD.

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Ifergan Collection
Ctra. de Benagalbón, Km 3
29730 Rincón de la Victoria. Málaga, SPAIN
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250 €

Egyptian Figure of Horus, 100 BC-100 AD.

EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA OF HORUS REPRESENTED AS A ROMAN SOLDIER, 100 BC-100 AD.
MEASUREMENTS: 8 cm. High.
CONDITION: As shown in the pictures.
LITERATURE: Roman Egyptian stone figure of Horus represented as a Roman soldier wearing an Egyptian wig with a falcon head "Also called Horus of Behdety". Greeks and Romans throughout Egypt continued to worship many of the Egyptian deities, especialy Horus the Elder (Haroeris) who was represented as a Roman soldier with a flacon head.
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