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Statuette of Re-Horakhty

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Description

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.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Front-facing standing Egyptian bronze(?) statuette with a broad-backed wig and a stylized collar and kilt, shown on a modern display base.

The image shows a small, full-figure standing statuette in the round. The figure wears a long, vertically pleated wig/headdress that frames the face and extends down past the shoulders. The face is idealized with no obvious later inscriptions on the body front. A broad collar/neck ornament is visible at the upper chest, and the lower body is covered by a short pleated kilt with a decorative band across the waist. The arms hang at the sides with slightly bent elbows; the hands are separate from the torso as molded. Feet are bare and rest on the base. A patchy lighter/greenish surface and several darker areas suggest weathering/corrosion; there are also small areas of yellowish or brighter surface highlights that may indicate remaining gilding or inlaid/contrasting material, though the extent is uncertain from this single view. No clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible on the photo.

royal ancient Egyptian (period unclear from image alone; likely Late Period–Ptolemaic/Early Roman style, but not certain) good
Deities Re-Horakhty (as catalogued; specific iconographic confirmation not fully legible in this image)
Materials metal (bronze/copper-alloy appearance)possible gilded surface remnantssurface corrosion/patina

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

"Re Horakhty, chief of the gods."

Connections

Deities RaRa-Horakhty

Cross-references (1)

  • ARTIC-id 120300 tier-2

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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.