Harvard Art Museums > 2001.176: Jewelry Casting Mold: Egyptian Dionysos and Harpokrates as Herakles Artists' Tools Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Jewelry Casting Mold: Egyptian Dionysos and Harpokrates as Herakles , 2001.176,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176959. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.176 Title Jewelry Casting Mold: Egyptian Dionysos and Harpokrates as Herakles Classification Artists' Tools Work Type mold Date c. 100 BCE - c. 100 CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient) Period Hellenistic period to Early Roman Imperial Culture Egyptian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/176959 Physical Descriptions Medium Black steatite or schist Technique Carved Dimensions H. 9.3 x W. 8.9 x D. 1 cm (3 11/16 x 3 1/2 x 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History N/A Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund Accession Year 2001 Object Number 2001.176 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Two-sided incised jewelery mold of a dark grey/black stone. One side depicts Harpokrates as a young Dionysos wearing a hem-hem crown, holding a thyrsos. At the border is a depiction of Harpokrates as Herakles wearing nemes and hem-hem. The reverse side reveals Baubo and a bunch of grapes. Publication History Ergün Laflı and Werner Seibt, “Seven Byzantine Lead Seals from the Museum of Ödemiş in Western Anatolia”, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (Oxford, 2020), vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 21-39, pp. 34-38, figs. 8-9 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
