Ancient Egyptian Harpocrates Amulet

GBP 150.00

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Object Description

A fine Ancient Egyptian amulet carved from mottled green feldspar, depicting Harpocrates or ‘Horus the Child’ crouching in side profile with his knees up by his chest. The deity sits upon a flat platform. He is wearing the side-lock of youth which symbolically indicated that the wearer is the legitimate heir of Osiris. Harpocrates is depicted raising his hand to his mouth, a gesture of silence which is an attribute associated with youth and Horus the Child. The amulet is pierced at the top for suspension. The reverse is flat and unadorned.

Date: Circa 664 – 30 BC
Period: Late Period – Ptolemaic Period

Object Details

  • dimensions
    W:0.9 x H:1.9 centimeters

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Trent Park Equestrian Centre
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St James's Ancient Art
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