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"Faience Amulet of Ra Horakhty," accession 74.51.4497 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Faience amulet of Ra Horakhty," a falcon amulet, 26th to 30th Dynasty, 664 to 334 BCE, Egyptian culture. The record's own title names the sun god by his own syncretic form, Ra Horakhty, Ra united with Horus of the Two Horizons. The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874 to 76. Accession number 74.51.4497.

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The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its period, materials and accession number, whose title names the god depicted by his own syncretic form.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/243765
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Museum
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Horus, Deities

This source names Horus directly: "form, Ra Horakhty, Ra united with Horus of the Two Horizons."

Horus, Figures

This source names Horus directly: "form, Ra Horakhty, Ra united with Horus of the Two Horizons."

Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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