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Harpokrates is shown nude, wearing a necklace or pectoral and a stylized version of the double crown of Egypt. He holds a cornucopia in his left hand and puts his right finger to his lips in a gesture common to Egyptian depictions of young children.

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Document identity
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32202
label
Harpokrates (Horus the Child)
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object
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Source metadata
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32202
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Harpokrates (Horus the Child)
description
Harpokrates is shown nude, wearing a necklace or pectoral and a stylized version of the double crown of Egypt. He holds a cornucopia in his left hand and puts his right finger to his lips in a gesture common to Egyptian depictions of young children.
provenance
Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 49, no. 424; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic)
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CC0
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en
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statuettes (statues)
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7
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
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bronze
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2185
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GRC
ROM
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none
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