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Egyptian Head of Horus-Harpokrates // Circa 300 BC

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This is a large Roman-Egyptian pottery head of Horus-Harpokrates, circa 300 BC. Harpocrates/Harpokrates was the god of secrets, silence and confidentiality in the Ptolemaic culture and religion developed in Alexandria, Egypt, during the Greco-Roman period. “Harpocrates” was adapted by the Greeks from the Egyptian child god Horus, who represented the newborn sun. Harpocrates's name was a Greek version of the Egyptian Har-pa-khered, meaning "Horus the Child". At the time, the fully-grown Harpokrates (Horus) was seen as the victorious god of the sun who each day overcomes darkness. Contemporary Egyptian statues represent the child Horus, depicted as a naked child with his finger to his lips, which is depicts the Egyptian hieroglyph for "child”, which is unrelated to the Greco-Roman and modern gesture for "silence". This evolved into the later Greek and Roman poets attributing Harpocrates to be the god of silence and secrecy.

Product Details
  • Measurements
    2"L x 2"W x 4.875"H (Including Base)
  • OriginEgypt

— Culture: circa 300 BC
— Provenance: Acquired Tel Aviv, 1970s
— Artifact Measures 2.5"H
— Mounted on a Block of Wood With Supporting Nail

This piece is accompanied by a hand-signed certificate of authenticity which includes all the details, culture, dating, motifs/inscriptions when applicable, historical relevance, and provenance.

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