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Statue of Harpocrates

Statue of Harpocrates
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Aly and M. Magdy

Statue of Harpocrates

Category:
Sculpture in the round, statues, human / gods and goddesses statues
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, early second cent. CE
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, El-Ras El-Soda (Taposiris Parva)
Material(s):
Rock, marble
Height:
120 cm
This artifact was temporarily displayed at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum from 2007 until it was returned to the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria on 16 August 2022.



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Achille Adriani, Annuaire du Musée gréco-romain, 1935-1939 (Alexandria: Imprimerie de la société de publications égyptiennes, 1940): 140-142, pls. LVI-LVII, LIX.1.
  • Fekri Hassan et al., eds., Alexandria Graeco-Roman Museum: A Thematic Guide (Cairo: National Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage; The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 118-119.
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