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Statue of Harpocrates wearing the Hemhem crown

Statue of Harpocrates wearing the Hemhem crown
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0621

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 (Al Ashmunin storerooms) 18

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Statue of Harpocrates wearing the Hemhem crown

Category:
Sculpture in the round, figurines / statuettes, human / gods and goddesses figurines
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period, 2nd cent. BCE-1st cent. BCE
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Minya
Material(s):
  • Non-organic material, alloy, bronze
  • Man made material, plaster
Height:
34.6 cm
Hall:
Greco-Roman Antiquities, showcase 15



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

References
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 117, 321.

 

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