Statuette of Harpocrates

Cleveland Museum of Art

Statuette of Harpocrates

Date
304–30 BCE
Medium
bronze, solid cast
Culture
Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Horus the Child (Harpocrates) was always shown in the childish attitude of holding a finger to his mouth.

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