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Statuette of Harpocrates

c. 50 BCE
bronze, hollow cast, with silver inlays
Overall: 27 x 10.2 x 8.6 cm (10 5/8 x 4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.6
Location: 102C Greek
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The gesture this figure makes refers to the Egyptian hieroglyph for child, nn, 𓀁.

Description

Combining Hellenistic naturalism with a finger gesture associated with childhood in Egyptian tradition, this young figure represents Harpocrates, the Greek form of the Egyptian child sun god Horus, or Hor-pa-khred. A hole atop his head likely once held a double crown of Egypt, as on more traditionally Egyptian representations of Harpocrates.
Statuette of Harpocrates

Statuette of Harpocrates

c. 50 BCE

Greece, Greco-Roman Period, late Ptolemaic Dynasty

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