Fayoum / figurine, Harpocrates with jar / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.00.6514
Object Name
figurine, Harpocrates with jar
Object Type
Figurines
Materials
Ceramic
Length
5.15 cm;
Width
9.9 cm;
Height
14.15 cm;
Thickness
;
Weight
;252g
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
The child Harpocrates, seated with right knee raised to expose over-dized, circumcized phallus, holds jug in left arm and looks to the right. His right hand is in the mouth of the jug. Wears sidelock and corruption of double crown flanked by two pine cones. High rectangular base is given a rounded frontal plane and not represented in back. Back side is rounded and unindicated. Pinkish brown clay moulded hollow in two halves and sealed at sides. Circular vent back. Bottom elliptical and open.
Subjects
Harpocrates with jar
Verbatim Date
2nd-3rd c. A.D.
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Verbatim Site
Fayoum
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Archaeologies of Childhood: The First Years of Life in Roman Egypt
Exhibition Curator
Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year
2003
Publication Title
De grieks-egyptische terracotta's in het Rijksmuseum van oudheden
Die Agyptisch-Griechischen Terrakotten
Publication Author
van Wijngaarden, W. D.
Weber, Wilhelm
Publication Year
1958
1914
Type Category
Artifact

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4279 x 4922
File Size
922 KB
Record
0000.00.6514
Link to this Item
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"Fayoum; figurine, Harpocrates with jar; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6514/0000_00_6514p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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