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Cippus of Horus
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Cippus of Horus

3rd century B.C.
Medium/TechniquePainted wood
DimensionsHeight x width: 20.9 cm (8 1/4 in.) x 17.4 - 4.1 cm
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4361
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.