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Horus as a Falcon

Date
332–30 BCE
Material
Bronze
Classification
Metalwork, sculpture
Collection
Ancient Art
Current Location
On View, Gallery 313
Dimensions
height: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Cornelia Scott in memory of her brother, George Eaton Scott
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
27:1939
Possibly originally found at Saqqara [1]

Ismail Abdallah El Shaer [2]

- 1939
George Eaton Scott; his sister, Cornelia Scott by inheritance, Chicago, IL

1939 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Cornelia Scott [3]


Notes:
[1] Original provenance indicated on SLAM official document of record number 306a from the Secretary's Office. Also lists object as purchased from Ismail Abdallah El Shaer. See also SLAM official document of record number 306b, dated March 3, 1939, listing objects donated by Mrs. Scott and comments by Thomas T. Hoopes, Curator [SLAM document files]. Letter from Cornelia Scott dated February 24, 1939 [SLAM document files].

[2] See note [1].

[3] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 15, 1939.

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