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LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC

LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC
LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC
LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC
LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC
LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC

LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC

A bronze figure of Harpokrates standing nude with right forefinger pressed to the lips, loop to the reverse. Harpocrates was a Hellenistic god of silence, secrets, and confidentiality. He was the Greek adaptation of the Egyptian god Horus, who represented the rising sun. The name "Harpocrates" is a Hellenization of the Egyptian Har-pa-khered or Heru-pa-khered, which means "Horus the Child". Provenance Documents will be provided.


LARGE Antiquity Detailed Western Asiatic Harpokrates Pendant. 1st millennium BC