Statuette of Harpokrates
Description
Statuette, Harpokrates. Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 304 B.C.–A.D. 364. Bronze or copper alloy. h. 11.7 cm (4 5/8 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.
Bronze/copper-alloy standing statuette of a child figure with one finger at the mouth (associated with Harpokrates), wearing a side-lock wig and a short dress; a vertical figure-like element rises on the head/forehead area with small markings on it.
The image shows a small standing statue on a rectangular base. The figure is depicted as a nude or minimally dressed child with a short, clinging garment/dress covering the torso and hips. The right/hand position is raised to the mouth area, indicating the characteristic gesture used for Harpokrates. The head has a wig/side-lock (lateral braid/lock detail visible) and there is a raised vertical element on top of or projecting from the head/forehead region with small incised marks, though the exact form is unclear at this resolution. The face has simplified facial features (eyes/nose/mouth suggested). One arm is positioned closer to the torso while the other is held near the mouth. No clear inscriptions or legible hieroglyphs are visible on the body or base. No cartouche or royal name is clearly discernible.
Connections
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.