Statuette representing Harpokrates
The child god represented here with finger to mouth is Harpokrates, who wears a small Egyptian double crown. This Greco-Roman form of the god also wears a cloak attached to one shoulder, and holds a cornucopia. He leans on a tree trunk and has one foot on a small clump of land.
The cornucopia has been noted to be particularly associated with gods connected to the Eleusinian mysteries, and here to mark a convergence of Egyptian myth and Eleusinian myth fostered by the Ptolemaic dynasty.
The cornucopia has been noted to be particularly associated with gods connected to the Eleusinian mysteries, and here to mark a convergence of Egyptian myth and Eleusinian myth fostered by the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Artwork Details
- Title: Statuette representing Harpokrates
- Period: Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
- Date: 332 BC–200 AD
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Dimensions: H. 7.7 x W: 3 x D: 2.2 cm (3 1/16 x 1 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943
- Object Number: 43.2.6
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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4th–2nd century B.C.
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
332–30 BCE
550–300 B.C.
ca. 945–712 BCE
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