Caption

Figurine of Harpocrates-Heron on horseback, Egyptian deities, Harpocrates mythology, Heron mythology, horses. Figurine of a deity sitting on a horse with a wreath and a double crown on his head, dressed in a short military tunic and cloak. The horse is walking to the right, the deity is facing the viewer, to the right. Behind the horse's rump is a palm tree, 2nd century, Egypt, figurine, height 29 cm, width 19.3 cm, The image shows a carved stone relief of a figure seated on an animal, set against a plain gray background; the stone has a weathered, rough texture with visible cracks and chips, and its color ranges across shades of brown and tan with lighter beige highlights and small areas of white veining; the seated figure wears a draped garment and a tall headdress and has a rounded face with softly rendered features; the animal beneath the figure has a rounded body and a head with a pronounced snout and ears; the base of the relief is rectangular with an angled edge and shows surface wear and small dark spots.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_166

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Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (2.8Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine Harpocrates-Heron horseback Egyptian deities Harpocrates mythology Heron mythology horses deity sitting horse wreath double crown head dressed short military tunic cloak walking right deity facing viewer horse's rump palm tree 2nd century Egypt figurine height 29 cm width 19.3 cm image carved stone relief figure seated animal set plain gray background stone weathered rough texture visible cracks chips color ranges across shades brown tan lighter beige highlights small areas white veining seated figure wears draped garment tall headdress rounded face softly rendered features animal beneath figure rounded body pronounced snout ears base relief rectangular angled edge surface wear small dark spots.