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Head of Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

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Accession: 54.394
Date: mid 16th-early 11th century BCE (New Kingdom)
Date range: 1550 BCE – 1069 BCE
Materials: ['cast bronze with enamel inlay']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Head of Harpokrates (Horus the Child) (54.394). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220925

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Description

<p>This head may have belonged to a statuette of the juvenile god Harpokrates. It lacks a beard, and the ears were originally covered. The skull was originally covered with a headdress. Rectangular holes on the neck, forehead, and sides would have been used to attach the uraeus and ram's horns. The eyes were inlaid with black and white paste; the inlay for the eyebrows is missing.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.394' rel='external'>Head of Harpokrates (Horus the Child)</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 54.394 tier-2
Walters-id 24644 tier-2

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