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| Keywords: Egyptian - Horus the Child - Walters 541983 - Back.jpg Harpocrates or Horus the Child was the son of Isis and Osiris He represents legal kingship as mythical successor of his father Osiris who in death became Lord of the Netherworld He was especially popular in the Late and Greco-Roman periods Representations such as this show him as a nude boy with his finger to his mouth and a sidelock of hair the symbols of childhood Here he also has a uraeus a cobra serpent above his forehead symbolizing his entitlement to kingship between 664 342 BC Late Period bronze with silver inlay cm 19 4 5 5 10 2 accession number 54 1983 22710 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Harpocrates Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
