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Statuette of Harpocrates
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About this work
Combining Hellenistic naturalism with a finger gesture associated with childhood in Egyptian tradition, this young figure represents Harpocrates, the Greek form of the Egyptian child sun god Horus, or Hor-pa-khred. A hole atop his head likely once held a double crown of Egypt, as on more traditionally Egyptian representations of Harpocrates.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStatuette of Harpocrates, c. 50 BCE. Greece, Greco-Roman Period, late Ptolemaic Dynasty. Bronze, hollow cast, with silver inlays; overall: 27 x 10.2 x 8.6 cm (10 5/8 x 4 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1972.6
