Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Harpokrates in an Egyptianizing Crown and holding the club of Herakles

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Description

Statuette, Harpokrates. Roman Period, A.D. 1st century. Bronze. H. 18.7 × W. 7 × D. 4.2 cm (7 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 5/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Boys. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1946.

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, nude male deity with a bearded face, wearing an Egyptianizing crown and holding a curved club-like object in one hand.

The image shows a small standing figure in profile-to-front view, with arms held forward/raised. The figure has a human male face with a stylized beard and wears a crown that reads as an Egyptianizing/royal headpiece rather than a Greek helmet. One hand grasps a prominent club-like implement held vertically or slightly angled; the other arm is bent with the hand raised near chest/shoulder level. The surface is dark green/blue with visible corrosion/patina and scattered reddish-brown deposits, consistent with bronze weathering. No inscriptions or legible script are visible on the photographed surface, and no cartouches are apparent. There is no clearly readable Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text in the image.

royal Roman Period (per catalogue ground truth) good
Deities Harpokrates (identified in catalogue; crown and child/standing deity pose not fully confirmable from photo alone)
Materials bronze (patinated with green/blue copper salts)

Connections

Deities Harpocrates

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116242988 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 46.2.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 545983 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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