Statuette of a child god, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); W. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); D. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.), The figure represents a child god in a standing/striding position, wearing a cap and uraeus. Incised circles decorate the cap and a streamer falls from its bottom edge down the back of the neck. The child god is distinguished from adult gods by a range of iconographic clues: his nudity, the finger raised to the mouth (a child-like gesture), and the thick sidelock on the right side of his head
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Statuette, child god, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Cupreous metal, H, 13.6 cm, 5 3/8, W, 4, 1 9/16, D, 5.2, 2 1/16, figure, represents, standing, striding position, wearing, cap, uraeus, Incised circles, decorate, streamer falls, bottom edge, down, back, neck, distinguished, adult gods, range, iconographic clues, nudity, finger raised, mouth, child, gesture, thick sidelock, right side, head
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