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Source Description
Harpokrates, or "Horus the Child," the son of Isis and Osiris, is represented as a young boy with a child's sidelock of hair, sucking his finger. He holds a cornucopia (horn of plenty), wears the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt with a crescent at the front, and is accompanied by a variety of fertility attributes.
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Document identity
localId
1987
label
Pendant, Harpocrates with Anubis and Horus Falcom
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
1987
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pendant, Harpocrates with Anubis and Horus Falcom
description
Harpokrates, or "Horus the Child," the son of Isis and Osiris, is represented as a young boy with a child's sidelock of hair, sucking his finger. He holds a cornucopia (horn of plenty), wears the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt with a crescent at the front, and is accompanied by a variety of fertility attributes.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd century (Greco-Roman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
amulets
figurines
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.5
height
0.8
depth
0.2
dimensionsRaw
H without mount: 1 x W: 5/16 x D: 1/16 in. (2.48 x 0.78 x 0.2 cm); Mount H: 13/16 x W: 1 x D: 11/16 in. (2.1 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm)
Source extras
dynasty
Roman Dynasty
med
gold, lapis lazuli base
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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8a1e1e5f5bb4162b
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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59e973d59abb2f89
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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8e6d3f6d08ebc4c8
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no
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no
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4
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photo
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no
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no