Inlay depicting the squatting god Re

Unknown

4th century B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

This small crouching falcon-headed figure is the god Re. He wears a sun-disk as a crown. Originally he held a scepter in the fist on his knee. The king Nectanebo II incorporated into his royal names epithets relating him to the god Re.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926