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| Keywords: Egyptian - Horus the Child on Crocodiles - Walters 22140 - Back.jpg Horus the Child stands on crocodiles and controls snakes scorpions an oryx and a lion Called a cippus this is a magical device believed to ward off poisonous and dangerous animals and to heal those who had been bitten or stung Liquid would be poured over the cippus to absorb the strength of the images and spells and then be drunk by or poured on the afflicted between 380 350 BC Late Period black steatite cm 23 5 14 1 5 7 accession number 22 140 18416 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Ägypten Griechenland Rom Abwehr und Berührung Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus Frankfurt am Main 2005-2006 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Cippus of Horus Steles of the Egyptian late period Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Man holding necks hieroglyph Scorpion hieroglyph Crocodile hieroglyph Winding wall mr hieroglyph | ||||
