Harpokrates

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Harpokrates, or Horus the Child, is depicted here. Nudity and a finger (broken) raised to the mouth identify the figure as a child god, reinforced by the plumpness of his body and rolls of fat on his throat, and by the child lock once affixed to his crown on the left. The double crown identifies the god specifically as Harpokrates. The crown is quite elaborate, decorated with tiny circles and falcon spread across the back of the crown. The god also wears a large broad collar and a precious metal bag amulet hangs on a string about his neck. The torsion in the god's figure is remarkable.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art