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Harpocrates statuette

Standing figure of Harpocrates, striding with left leg forward. The god is depicted with the double crown and the side-lock on the right side of the head, which ends with a curl on the shoulder. The right arm is broken, the left arm is at side, the hand with modelled thumb is clenched in a fist. The feet rest on a rectangular base. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 424
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period (?)
Unknown
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Not on display
Museo Egizio