figurine, Harpocrates; Fayoum; Figurines; Ceramic; Paint; Plaster or mortar; Ceramic; Harpocrates with jug

Notes:

Reddish-brown clay in good condition. Nose damaged. Painted plaster remains on front. The youth Harpocrates leans, frontally, against a pillar to his left, resting left arm on a jug, inserting right hand into jug. Jug decorated with plastic horizontal bands. His head inclined to the right. He wears a double crown, with yellow diadem, flanked by orange pine cones. Drilled snail curls provide backdrop to sidelock. Drapery looped from left shoulder, across back and over knees, leaves genitals exposed. Wears painted amulet. Eyes bulbous. Right eyeball preserves incised pupil. Fleshy mouth with drilled corners. Double chin. Plump body. Digits of hands and feet indicated in two distorted planes. Back flat and unworked. Molded hollow in two halves and sealed at sides. Circular vent. Bottom open.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Fayoum; Figurines; Egypt

Language:

UND

Rights:

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URL:

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-KELSEY-X-0000.00.6947%5D0000_00_6947P02.TIF