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| Keywords: Egyptian - Falcon Reliquary - Walters 54547 - Three Quarter.jpg This statuette likely dedicated to the falcon-god Horus is missing its crown and eye inlays The structure of the feathers is carefully incised The base is inscribed with texts of adoration and prayer Examination through the hole in the head revealed bird bones that had been wrapped in linen and placed inside through a trap door between the statuette's legs A neutron-induced radiograph also reveals the presence of bones inside the reliquary ca 600 350 BC Late Period bronze bird bones linen cm 22 7 accession number 54 547 3683 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation To be recited Osiris-Wennefer the Great God Lord of Heaven Royal Youth wearing the white crown who went forth from the body of the two uraeus serpents the uraeus is upon the great forehead of the one who has dwelt in the body of Nut To be recited Osiris who rules in the west may he give life health long lifetime and a long and good age to Iwer-hotep-her-nebef son of Ren-ef-hesy To Arrest the Ravages of Time Caring for Art at the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Falcons in Ancient Egypt Statues of Horus Statues of the Egyptian late period Egyptian-cnḫ wḏ3 snb Egyptian mummies of falcons Egyptian linen | ||||
