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Source Description

This pendant is carved in the form of a seated Horus-the-Child. The head, both hands, and lower legs are missing. There was a horizontal loop, which is broken on the back.

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Document identity
localId
15577
label
Horus the Child/ Harpocrates
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obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
id
15577
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Horus the Child/ Harpocrates
description
This pendant is carved in the form of a seated Horus-the-Child. The head, both hands, and lower legs are missing. There was a horizontal loop, which is broken on the back.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Greco-Roman)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
amulets
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.1
height
0.8
depth
1.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 13/16 x W: 5/16 x D: 7/16 in. (2.06 x 0.79 x 1.19 cm)
Source extras
dynasty
28th-Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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