A pottery figurine found in Fayoum from the Roman period, currently preserved in the Agricultural Museum in Dokki No. (527 Its height is 20 cm. It depicts the god "Harpocrates", an image of the god "Horr", who was known in the Greco-Roman civilization as "Horr-Ba-Chord" or "Horr the child". He is a member of the Alexandrian Trinity (Sarabes - Isis - Harpocrates), and he appears in the form of a boy distinguished by a lock of hair, and the finger of one of his hands extends towards the mouth as an expression of childhood. He puts a complex crown on his head, sitting on the back of a goose. The geese have been associated with religious and funeral beliefs and offerings. Terracotta statues representing the child Hr-pA Xrd leading a goose were spread in the Greco-Roman era, and the religious significance of this type of statues is that it represents the victory of Hor Pa Gurd, which is one of the images of the goddess Horus over evil, those forces inherent in the god Set and his victory where the geese in the swamps of the delta are Delta spirits of enemies and evil counterparts.
Abdelnaim, E. B. E. A. (2014). Statue of the god "Harpocrates" (Horus the child) sitting on a goose bird. Maǧallaẗ Al-Itiḥād Al-ʿām Lil Aṯārīyin Al-ʿarab, 15(1), 1-7. doi: 10.21608/jguaa.2000.3002
MLA
Enas Bahy el-din Abdelnaim Abdelnaim. "Statue of the god "Harpocrates" (Horus the child) sitting on a goose bird", Maǧallaẗ Al-Itiḥād Al-ʿām Lil Aṯārīyin Al-ʿarab, 15, 1, 2014, 1-7. doi: 10.21608/jguaa.2000.3002
HARVARD
Abdelnaim, E. B. E. A. (2014). 'Statue of the god "Harpocrates" (Horus the child) sitting on a goose bird', Maǧallaẗ Al-Itiḥād Al-ʿām Lil Aṯārīyin Al-ʿarab, 15(1), pp. 1-7. doi: 10.21608/jguaa.2000.3002
VANCOUVER
Abdelnaim, E. B. E. A. Statue of the god "Harpocrates" (Horus the child) sitting on a goose bird. Maǧallaẗ Al-Itiḥād Al-ʿām Lil Aṯārīyin Al-ʿarab, 2014; 15(1): 1-7. doi: 10.21608/jguaa.2000.3002
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