Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue
Harpokrates (Horus the Child)
Description
<p>Harpocrates or "Horus the Child" was the son of Isis and Osiris. He represents legal kingship as mythical successor of his father Osiris, who, in death, became Lord of the Netherworld. He was especially popular in the Late Period and Ptolemaic period. Representations such as this show him as a nude boy with his finger to his mouth, and a sidelock of hair, the symbols of childhood. Here he also has a uraeus (a cobra serpent) above his forehead, symbolizing his entitlement to kingship.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1983' rel='external'>Harpokrates (Horus the Child)</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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Deities
HorusOsirisIsisHarpocrates
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 54.1983 tier-2
- Walters-id 22710 tier-2
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