Erotic figurine
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
The small crouching figure slings a huge phallus over his shoulder. The identity of the figure is unclear, but often the figure is identifiable as a child-god, probably Harpokrates. The type is connected with a complex of informal statuary including many ithyphallic figures known from the Late and Ptolemaic Periods. In general these informal figurines are thought to be connected with festivals celebrating a divine birth.
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