Pendant, Horus the Child Seated

4th-3rd century BCE (Late Period (30th dynasty)-early Ptolemaic Period)

1.5 cm 4.7 cm 2.2 cm

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Pendants with representations of deities made of silver were precious in ancient Egypt. They had an amuletic function and were used by the elite. This pendant represents Harpokrates (Horus the Child) in a seated posture. The image follows the iconographical standard for this g...

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Abemayor, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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