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1921.75.86

Small pendant, Harpocrates

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1921.75.86

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Collection type
Object
Description
Small pendant, Harpocrates
Geographical reference
Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of
Nubia Dongola Sanam
Cultural groups
Nubian
Date / Period
Date made: 700-500 BC
Date collected
1913
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921
Materials and processes
Material Faience Pottery
Dimensions
Height: max 14 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.75.86 Other numbers: 827
Research and responses

Harpocrates is the Greek name for 'Horus-the-Child, the infant son of Isis and Osiris, for whose protection his mother wove potent spells which would be accessible to the amulet's wearer'. Carol Andrews 1994 Amulets of Ancient Egypt. p16 [LM 8/2/2000]

Search terms: Ornament, Figure, Religion, Children and Childcare, Pendant, Amulet