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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

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Harvard Art Museums

Cambridge, Stati Uniti

Sala3740, floor 3, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art

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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.

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Numero di inventario
1920.44.303

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SculturaBronzoPrima del 1400Egitto

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Nella stessa sala · Gallery 3740, floor 3, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Harvard Art Museums

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