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Title: Amuletic stone with a protective spell against scorpions Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period Date: ca. 1070–332 BCE Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 8 × W. 10.6 × D. 3 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/16 × 1 3/16 in.) Credit Line: Dodge Fund, 1947 Object No.: 47.105.5 Scorpions were part of everyday life in ancient Egypt. Their nature is to hide during the day and come out at night, habits that would have worried people. Ancient Egyptians therefore sought ways to prevent scorpion stings and treat them when they failed to avoid these venomous arachnids. Protection could come from eating a scorpion, drinking liquid poured over an image like a healing stela, or just recording a spell on a stone, as seen here. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II Period: Late Period Date: 360–343 BCE Medium: Metagraywacke Dimensions: H. 72 × W. 20 × D. 46.5 cm, 55.3 kg (28 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 18 5/16 in., 122 lb.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1934 Object No.: 34.2.1 Standing protectively over a miniature image of King Nectanebo II, the falcon Horus wears a double crown and uraeus, or rearing cobra, signifying his role as the mythological king of a united Egypt. Nectanebo II’s Egyptian name, Nakhthorhebyt ("Horus of Hebyt is Strong"), references a specific form of Horus associated with the site Hebyt (present-day Behbeit el-Hagar) in the Nile Delta. The statue therefore speaks to Horus’s importance as both a state-level and a local deity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II Period: Late Period Date: 360–343 BCE Medium: Metagraywacke Dimensions: H. 72 × W. 20 × D. 46.5 cm, 55.3 kg (28 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 18 5/16 in., 122 lb.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1934 Object No.: 34.2.1 Standing protectively over a miniature image of King Nectanebo II, the falcon Horus wears a double crown and uraeus, or rearing cobra, signifying his role as the mythological king of a united Egypt. Nectanebo II’s Egyptian name, Nakhthorhebyt ("Horus of Hebyt is Strong"), references a specific form of Horus associated with the site Hebyt (present-day Behbeit el-Hagar) in the Nile Delta. The statue therefore speaks to Horus’s importance as both a state-level and a local deity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II Period: Late Period Date: 360–343 BCE Medium: Metagraywacke Dimensions: H. 72 × W. 20 × D. 46.5 cm, 55.3 kg (28 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 18 5/16 in., 122 lb.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1934 Object No.: 34.2.1 Standing protectively over a miniature image of King Nectanebo II, the falcon Horus wears a double crown and uraeus, or rearing cobra, signifying his role as the mythological king of a united Egypt. Nectanebo II’s Egyptian name, Nakhthorhebyt ("Horus of Hebyt is Strong"), references a specific form of Horus associated with the site Hebyt (present-day Behbeit el-Hagar) in the Nile Delta. The statue therefore speaks to Horus’s importance as both a state-level and a local deity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects

Title: Statue of Horus as a falcon protecting King Nectanebo II Period: Late Period Date: 360–343 BCE Medium: Metagraywacke Dimensions: H. 72 × W. 20 × D. 46.5 cm, 55.3 kg (28 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 18 5/16 in., 122 lb.) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1934 Object No.: 34.2.1 Standing protectively over a miniature image of King Nectanebo II, the falcon Horus wears a double crown and uraeus, or rearing cobra, signifying his role as the mythological king of a united Egypt. Nectanebo II’s Egyptian name, Nakhthorhebyt ("Horus of Hebyt is Strong"), references a specific form of Horus associated with the site Hebyt (present-day Behbeit el-Hagar) in the Nile Delta. The statue therefore speaks to Horus’s importance as both a state-level and a local deity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/divine-egypt/exhibition-objects