A painted wooden figure of Horus as a falcon, the body with dark red-brown pigment, and ochre neck, on integral rectangular base -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) long; and a wooden figure of a human-headed ba (soul) bird, traces of yellow and blue pigment, repaired -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) high, both Late Period/Ptolemaic (2)

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A painted wooden figure of Horus as a falcon, the body with dark red-brown pigment, and ochre neck, on integral rectangular base -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) long; and a wooden figure of a human-headed ba (soul) bird, traces of yellow and blue pigment, repaired -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) high, both Late Period/Ptolemaic (2)

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