Amulet of Harpokrates
Description
Amulet, Harpokrates. Roman Period, late 1st–2nd century. Glass (?). h. 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Albert Gallatin, 1919.
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.
The image shows three small, upright amulet-like objects photographed against a light background, each with a human/child figure form and a clear suspension/attachment element at the top of the left and right examples.
Three separate views/instances of an amulet are shown: a left translucent/greenish figure, a central dark (black or heavily oxidized) figure, and a right lighter gray figure. All appear as small, stylized standing figures (possibly a god/child deity in amuletic form) with an upper protrusion that may be for suspension. The central object has mottled white highlights/patches on a dark ground. No legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible in the provided image. The catalogue states the object is an amulet of Harpokrates made of glass (?) and dated to the Roman Period; the visible material appearance is consistent with glass or glass-like material (especially for the left and right examples) but the deity identity cannot be confirmed from the image alone at this resolution. No royal cartouches are identifiable.
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
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