Archaeological Museum of Bologna

Harpocrates is the name by which Greeks called "Horus the child", the Egyptian god son of Osiris and Isis. The God, represented as a naked infant, is characterized by the finger in his mouth, natural childish attitude, interpreted in greek-roman period as an invitation to silence and therefore not to disclose the secrets related to initiation of the mysteries of Isis.

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In Hellenistic period its cult increases and the god takes the figure of the greek god Eros. 
This bronze statue represents the god standing on his feet, with the cornucopia and a finger to the mouth. On his head a rayed crown with the halfoom and a loto flower. Those elements permit to identify it in Harpocrates.

Provenance: Palagi Collection
Datation: 1st century AD
Material: bronze
Dimensions: height cm 11
Inventory #: Rom 1031