Bust of Ankh-Hor (525–404 BCE): Art, History and Details

Bust of Ankh-Hor (525–404 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This bust of Ankh-Hor comprises the top portion of a temple statue. From the position of the arms, it is evident that it originally belonged to a striding figure holding a naos, or shrine, containing the image of a deity. His high-waisted wraparound robe, fashionable during the Persian period (Dynasty 27) when this figure was carved, would have reached to his ankles.

Object facts

• Title: Bust of Ankh-Hor
• Date: 525–404 BCE
• Culture: Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 27
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: basalt
• Dimensions: Overall: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
• Collection: Egypt - Late Period
• Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Accession number: 1914.662

A detail from the museum

The black volcanic basalt stone imparts a sleek appearance to this revered temple statue.

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Further reading listed by the museum

• Bianchi, Robert Steven. "Collecting and Collectors, Egyptian Style." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 5 (1992): 144-51.
• Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999

View the collection record

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