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Statue group of the god Horus and King Haremhab

18th Dynasty, reign of Haremhab, 1343–1315 BC, Fundort unbekannt

 

 

Statue group of the god Horus and King Haremhab

The king wears the nemes-headcloth with uraeus-serpent and the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Horus is depicted with a man’s body but the head of a falcon. As early as the Early Dynastic Period, Horus was worshipped as a sun god and god of the heavens. Like the king, he wears a pleated kilt and the Double Crown.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Raum IX

Object data

Object Name

Statue

Culture

Ägyptisch

Period

New Kingdom

Dated

18th Dynasty, reign of Haremhab, 1343–1315 BC

Material

Limestone

Dimensions

H 153 cm , B 73 cm, T 77 cm, G (inkl. Sockel) 942 kg

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung

Inv. No.

Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 8301

Provenance

1918, acquired with the property of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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