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Harpokrates (Horus the Child), late 8th-late 6th century BCE

Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

late 8th-late 6th century BCE · Sculpture

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “Harpokrates (Horus the Child)” now? Harvard Art Museums, Gallery 3740, floor 3, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Cambridge. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, United States

Room3740, floor 3, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art

On public display.

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About the sculpture

Harpokrates is the Greek name for Horus the Child, the son of Isis and Osiris. Here he is depicted as a chubby boy with a sidelock and (lost) finger to his mouth. The pose suggests that the figure may once have sat on the lap of a statuette of his mother.

Harvard Art Museums

Details

Accession number
1920.44.303

In the catalog

SculptureBronzeBefore 1400Egyptian

Sources

In the same room · Gallery 3740, floor 3, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Harvard Art Museums

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