figurine, Harpocrates riding a ram; Fayoum; Figurines; Ceramic; Harpocrates on ram

Notes:

Reddish brown clay. Harpocrates seated on a ram with right leg extended and left leg drawn up. He holds a squat jar with his left hand and lifts the forefinger of right hand to his mouth. On his head he wears a sidelock of youth and a sun disk flanked by pine cones. A short cape is flung over his back. He has browless, globular eyes, a short and broad nose, protruding upper lip and receding chin. His full face, bulging belly and short, chubby limbs are infantile forms. The ram wears a sun disk and a loose collar with dangling medallions. Horns and muzzle indicated. Fleece rendered plastically in clumps front in and back. Harpocrates’ right elbow missing. Scattered irregularities and abrasions. Hollow moulded and sealed at sides. Vent slit on back side and on closed bottom.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Fayoum; Figurines; Egypt

Language:

UND

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