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Harpokrates amulet

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 04.2.371. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 04.2.371
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Date: 664–332 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['faience', 'blue']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Harpokrates amulet (04.2.371). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/28888

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Description

Amulet, Harpokrates. Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–332 B.C. Faience, blue. H. 3.7 × W. 1.3 × D. 1.4 cm (1 7/16 × 1/2 × 9/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904.

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.

Small blue-green faience figurine/amulet depicting a nude child with a side-lock of hair and a striding stance, shown from the front.

The object appears as a miniature standing figure with a bald/closely shaven head and a prominent facial expression (eyes and brows incised). The figure is nude, with arms held down near the sides and a short, childlike torso. A carved/formed side-lock of hair is visible along one side of the head, consistent with common iconography for the youthful child-god Harpokrates. The figure’s body has incised details on the chest and abdomen; one hand/arm area shows molded detail. A blue-green glaze surface is visible overall, with wear and staining in places. At the base, there is a red painted/inked inventory-style number ("1859") rather than an Egyptian inscription. No clear hieroglyphic text on the body itself is legible in this image, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The background is a studio display with the object centered on a neutral surface.

decorative Late Period (as catalogued) good

Deities Harpokrates (youthful child form; iconography consistent, but no explicit inscription legible)

Materials faienceblue-green glaze

Connections

Deities Harpocrates

Materials Faience Blue-Green Glaze

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116389531 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 04.2.371 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 545346 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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