Chld god (Harpokrates?) amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Lapis lazuli, H. 4.3 × W. 1.2 × D. 1.6 cm (1 11/16 × 1/2 × 5/8 in.), The beautiful blue lapis lazuli figure represents a child god in a seated/reclining position, as he would have been held on his mother's lap. The child is distinguished from an adult gods by iconographic clues: his nudity and the thick sidelock on the right side of his head that is a sign of childhood
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Chld god, Harpokrates?, amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Lapis lazuli, H, 4.3, W, 1.2, D, 1.6 cm, 1 11/16, 1/2, 5/8, beautiful, blue, lapis, lazuli, figure, represents, child, seated, reclining position, held, mother, lap, child, distinguished, adult gods, iconographic clues, nudity, thick sidelock, right side, head, sign, childhood
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