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Statuette of Harpocrates with inscription in Phoenician language and characters
6th-5th century BC
Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Madrid, Spain
This inscription on the base of the wall states that the statue was dedicated to Harpocrates, the Egyptian child-god Horus, and placed in the tomb of a Phoenician named Abdeshmun who may have lived in Carthage.
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- Title: Statuette of Harpocrates with inscription in Phoenician language and characters
- Date Created: 6th-5th century BC
- Provenance: Carthage (Tunisia)?
- Type: Bronzework
- Rights: Museo Arqueológico Nacional
- External Link: CERES
- Medium: Bronze
- Cultural Context: Phoenician-Punic Colonization (Iron Age)
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