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Statuette of Harpokrates, Seated with Sidelock

Made By Egyptian, anonymous
CultureEgyptian
DateLate Period (c. 664 BC - 310 BC), likely Dynasty 30
PeriodLate Period
Mediumbronze
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 1 5/16 in. (12.7 x 3.3 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Horace Mayer
Terms
  • Harpokrates
  • gods
  • Horus
  • votive
  • Religion
Object number59.21.28
DescriptionThis hollow cast, votive statuette depicts the nude, child-god Harpokrates, sitting, with his left arm held at his side. He wears a close-fitting cap with uraeus and a large, braided sidelock. HIs right forefinger is held to his lips in a gesture meant to signify his youth. The cult of Harpokrates rapidly grew in popularity during the late first millennium BC. This is likely due to close association at the time between Harpokrates and the Egyptian pharaoh, who was commonly considered to be an earthly emodiment of Horus.
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