Tomb of Harpocrates
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Tomb of Harpocrates
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Published 2017-11-03T11:49:38+00:00
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Sandstone relief fragment depicting Harpocrates, god of silence, secrets and confidentiality in the Hellenistic religion developed in Ptolemaic Alexandria (and also an embodiment of hope, according to Plutarch). Harpocrates was adapted by the Greeks from the Egyptian child god Horus.
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| Date published | 03/11/2017 |
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| Title | Tomb of Harpocrates |
| Date | 664 - 30 BC. |
| Accession | 10 |
| Period | Late Period / Ptolemaic Period |
| Medium | Sandstone |
| Place | Mougins Museum of Classical Art |
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