Falcon head for attachment to a pole

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

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This hollow cylinder, surmounted by a falcon head, would have attached to the top of a pole or staff, to be used as cult equipment for rituals and during festival processions. The falcon deity wears the divine tripartite wig and a broad collar. A separately cast crown would have fitted into the large socket on top of the head, possibly a sun disc for the god Re Horakhte or a double crown for the god Horus.

Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal

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Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal
Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal
Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal
Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal
Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal
Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal
Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal
Falcon head for attachment to a pole, Cupreous metal

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