Ancient Art Department

Ancient Art Council
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

Statue of Harpokrates

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The Egyptian god Horus, son of Osiris and Isis, became the Greco-Egyptian deity Harpokrates. This sculpture exemplifies the Greek influences on Egyptian civilization that occurred in the wake of the Hellenistic age.

Bronze

H 16 ½

Gift of M. H. de Young Endowment Fund

54666

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Ancient Near Eastern

Egyptian

Greek and Roman

Statue of Harpokrates

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