Harpokrates with double crown, cornucopia, and pot
Unknown Artist
Images created in the traditionally Greek medium of molded terracotta were popular in domestic and funerary contexts. This one depicts Harpokrates, who by the Roman Period, had become a fertility god. His round pot probably contains fertilizing Nile water or perhaps, food.
Credit: Gift of Suzanne Gauthier, 1994
A.D. 2nd-3rd century
Terracotta, traces of white slip
17.9 x 11.4 x 3.5 cm
1994.298
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020
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