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

Harpokrates with double crown, cornucopia, and pot

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Description

Roman Period, A.D. 2nd–3rd century. Terracotta, traces of white slip. H. 17.9 × W. 11.4 × D. 3.5 cm (7 1/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Suzanne Gauthier, 1994.

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.

Two small Egyptian-style terracotta figurines depict a youthful deity wearing a crown and holding ritual attributes; the right figure appears larger and seated/standing with additional symbolic objects.

The image shows two separate terracotta objects displayed against a red background. On the left, a human-like, youthful/childlike figure wears a tall crown with a face/uraeus-like element at the forehead and holds a small object to the chest (possibly a bowl or vessel). The body is modeled in white slip traces over the terracotta. On the right, a crowned youthful deity is shown standing or seated upright, with a stylized face and a heavy, double-looking crown profile. The figure’s arms and hands hold or present ritual items; notably, a horn-like or curved attribute appears near the lower right area, and a long-handled or panel-like element extends across the figure’s torso. No clearly legible hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible on either piece in the provided image. The overall iconography is consistent with the museum catalogue’s identification of Harpokrates (Horus child) with crown and offering attributes, though the exact “double crown” and specific items (e.g., cornucopia and pot) cannot be fully confirmed from this resolution alone.

religious Roman Period (as catalogued) good
Deities Harpokrates (Horus child)
Materials terracottatraces of white slip

Connections

Deities Harpocrates
Materials Terracotta

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389254 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1994.298 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547907 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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