Falcon head for attachment to a pole
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Not on view
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.
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