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Source Description
Harpocrates or "Horus the Child" was the son of Isis and Osiris. He represents legal kingship as mythical successor of his father Osiris, who, in death, became Lord of the Netherworld. He was especially popular in the Late Period and Ptolemaic period. Representations such as this show him as a nude boy with his finger to his mouth, and a sidelock of hair, the symbols of childhood. Here he also has a uraeus (a cobra serpent) above his forehead, symbolizing his entitlement to kingship.
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Document identity
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22710
label
Harpokrates (Horus the Child)
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Source metadata
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22710
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object
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normalized
title
Harpokrates (Horus the Child)
description
Harpocrates or "Horus the Child" was the son of Isis and Osiris. He represents legal kingship as mythical successor of his father Osiris, who, in death, became Lord of the Netherworld. He was especially popular in the Late Period and Ptolemaic period. Representations such as this show him as a nude boy with his finger to his mouth, and a sidelock of hair, the symbols of childhood. Here he also has a uraeus (a cobra serpent) above his forehead, symbolizing his entitlement to kingship.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
664-342 BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Metal
statuettes (statues)
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6
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6
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import
dimensions
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cm
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19.7
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5.5
depth
10.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 3/4 x W: 2 3/16 x D: 4 in. (19.7 x 5.5 x 10.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
26th-30th Dynasty
med
bronze with silver inlay
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6182
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EGY
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none
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