Harpokrates (Horus the Child)
-712–-525
- Medium
- Cast, lost-wax process
- Dimensions
- 19.2 x 6.1 x 8.6 cm (7 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
Tags
egyptian
About
Harpokrates is the Greek name for Horus the Child, the son of Isis and Osiris. Here he is depicted as a chubby boy with a sidelock and (lost) finger to his mouth. The pose suggests that the figure may once have sat on the lap of a statuette of his mother.