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Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 54.473. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 54.473
Dynasty: 26th Dynasty (or later)
Date: mid 7th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['cast bronze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Harpokrates (Horus the Child) (54.473). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220842

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Description

<p>Horus is seated, wearing the uraeus and the sidelock of youth, with his hands at his sides.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.473' rel='external'>Harpokrates (Horus the Child)</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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.

Bronze statuette of a standing male-child deity/figure wearing a close-fitting garment and a tripartite/childhood-style wig or headpiece, holding one hand near the body.

The image shows a small, darkened cast-bronze statue against a dark background. The figure stands upright, with a youthful-proportioned head and torso. The face has prominent, schematized features and wears what appears to be a nemes-like or child-associated head covering/wig; the child’s hands are positioned close to the body. A short, tight garment covers the torso and extends to the legs, and the legs end in simple feet. Some areas show corrosion/patina and surface wear, but the overall form remains clear. No visible cartouches or extended hieroglyphic inscriptions are apparent in this view; there is also no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text legible.

religious Unknown (catalogue suggests Late Period/Ptolemaic-style Horus the Child iconography; exact date unclear from image alone) good

Deities Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

Materials cast bronze

Connections

Deities Horus Harpocrates

Materials Cast Bronze

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 54.473 tier-2
Walters-id 11646 tier-2

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From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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