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Harpocrates statuette

Seated, naked figure of Harpocrates. The god is depicted with the side-lock on the right side of the head and wearing a skullcap decorated with a stylised uraeus. The god has his arms at sides with hands open, the palms facing down. A small circular tenon is present under the buttocks. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 415
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period (?)
Unknown
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Not on display
Museo Egizio