Egyptian
Statuette of Re-Horakhty
INV-1203
EgyptianThird Intermediate Period-Late Period, Dynasty 21–26, about 1069–525 BCE
Statuette of Re-Horakhty
Egyptian →third intermediate periodancientegyptiantwenty-fifth dynastystatuettebronze
Date
Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, Dynasty 21–26, about 1069–525 BCE
Medium
Copper alloy with gilding
Dimensions
25 × 8.3 × 10.5 cm (9 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 4 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming
Here Re-Horakhty, a combination of the solar gods Re and Horakhty, strides forward in the form of a falcon-headed male. He is identifiable by his falcon head (once crowned with a sun disk inserted into the hole at the top of his head) and the golden hieroglyphs at the center of his belt, which read, “Re-Horakhty, Chief of the Gods.” Re-Horakhty was worshipped throughout Egypt but was particularly revered in Iunu, an ancient city located near modern Cairo that the Greeks called Heliopolis (“city of the sun”) in his honor. Statuettes of deities such as this one were set up in temples and shrines to receive offerings or presented to the gods as gifts that were later ceremonially buried.
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