God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II, 360–343
God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II, Late Period, Dynasty 30, 360–343 , From Egypt; Said to be from Memphite Region, Heliopolis (Iunu; On), Tomb of a Mnevis bull, Meta-Greywacke, H. 72 cm (28 3/8 in.); W. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); D. cm (18 5/16 in.), The pharaoh Nectanebo II often invoked a very close connection–even a merging–between himself and the falcon god of kingship, Horus. In fact, Nectanebo II was the focus of a cult in which he was referred to as 'Nectanebo-the-Falcon,' which could indeed be what is represented by this striking conjunction of a powerful falcon and the monarch
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