Head of Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

mid 16th-early 11th century BCE (New Kingdom) H: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) Citation

This head may have belonged to a statuette of the juvenile god Harpokrates. It lacks a beard, and the ears were originally covered. The skull was originally covered with a headdress. Rectangular holes on the neck, forehead, and sides would have been used to attach the uraeus a...

Artifact

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24644
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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