Falcon figurine from a coffin or box ca. 664–332 Probably Late Period In addition to its association with sky gods such as Re, the falcon was a symbol of the funerary god Sokar, an ancient deity originally linked to the site of the great pyramids and later merged with Osiris. During the Sokar festival, the mummified god was imagined to be reborn as the solar of Sokar as a mummified bird such as this one are often found surmounting coffins or funerary boxes from the later periods of Egyptian Falcon figurine from a coffin or box. ca. 664–332 Wood, gesso, paint.
Falcon figurine from a coffin or box ca. 664–332 Probably Late Period In addition to its association with sky gods such as Re, the falcon was a symbol of the funerary god Sokar, an ancient deity originally linked to the site of the great pyramids and later merged with Osiris. During the Sokar festival, the mummified god was imagined to be reborn as the solar of Sokar as a mummified bird such as this one are often found surmounting coffins or funerary boxes from the later periods of Egyptian Falcon figurine from a coffin or box. ca. 664–332 Wood, gesso, paint. Probably Late Period. From Egypt
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