<em>Statuette of the Child Horus</em>, 4th-3rd century B.C.E. Bronze, plaster, 5 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (13.7 x 6.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.364E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.364E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

Statuette of the Child Horus, 4th-3rd century B.C.E. Bronze, plaster, 5 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (13.7 x 6.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.364E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.364E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

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Statuette of the Child Horus

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze, plaster

Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES 4th-3rd century B.C.E.

PERIOD Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period

DIMENSIONS 5 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (13.7 x 6.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.364E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bronze figure of the god Harpocrates shown nude, except for the "heart" amulet suspended around his neck, and seated (without a seat). Possibly made to be set on the lap of a larger figure of Isis. The figure is still partly encased in its original mold. The mold now covers the figure's back (up to the level of the armpits), and the front of the legs (with the exception of the lower left leg which is exposed and mostly missing). This mold is discolored green (from an original white), possibly from having been in contact with corroding bronze. The figure wears a bulbous crown adorned with a uraeus. He wears a side- lock. On top of the crown is a roughly rectangular depression (for insertion of an object? Or traces of hole used for casting?). Condition: Most of left leg missing; left hand missing. Back of shoulders split open; most of rear of head missing; area of bright green (disease?) on edge of break in rear of head. Surface pitted and scratched.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Statuette of the Child Horus, 4th-3rd century B.C.E. Bronze, plaster, 5 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (13.7 x 6.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.364E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.364E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 37.364E_NegA_glass_bw_SL4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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