Small Statuette of Harpocrates Seated

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small standing seated/raised figure in bronze-like metal wearing Egyptian royal/nemes-style headgear, holding a crook-and-flail and a staff, with a small offering bowl/disk at the midsection.

The image shows a small metal statuette in profile-frontal view. The figure appears human-shaped with a left hand raised toward the mouth, as if holding or touching something (possibly a symbol or object). The head is surmounted by a tall, ribbed headdress resembling a nemes/alternatively a modius-like crown. The arms are held close to the body; one hand grips a long implement that runs diagonally upward. A broad, belt-like element and a small circular or disk-shaped feature are visible on the torso. The lower body rests on a rectangular base. No clear cartouche is visible, and no legible hieroglyphs or other scripts appear on the object or background. The exact facial features are worn/low-detail, making specific identification uncertain beyond general Egyptian iconography. The catalogue title specifies Harpocrates; the iconography shown is not unambiguously Harpocrates (typically shown as a child with a finger to the mouth and often wearing a sidelock), so this cannot be confirmed from the image alone.