Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

late 4th-3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic)

5 cm 12 cm

Citation

Harpokrates stands with his left foot advanced, his left hand held down at his side, while his right index finger touches his mouth in the standard gesture of childhood. He wears a skullcap and a sidelock of youth, and a heart pendant is shown around his neck; the god is other...

Artifact

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13633
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1981