Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
A child god, probably Harpokrates Ptolemaic PeriodNorth Saqqara
Description
Statuette, standing Harpokrates. Ptolemaic Period, 1st century B.C. or earlier. Leaded bronze, formerly gilded. h. 16 cm (6 5/16 in); w. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in); d. 2.4 cm (15/16 in). From: Sacred Animal Necropolis, Falcon Catacomb Gallery 6, niche 6a, North Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: EES excavations 1969-71. Credit: The Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, in memory of the de Groot and Hawley families, 1976.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276242 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1976.63.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547905 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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