{"product_id":"harpocrates-1","title":"Harpocrates","description":"\u003cp\u003eCowrie shell Georgian cameo depicting Harpocrates, described by the Greeks as the God of Silence, Secrets and Confidentiality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarved Italy c.1800, later Victorian gold frame. 1.2 by 1 inch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarpocrates was adapted from the Egyptian child god Horus, who represented the newborn Sun, rising each day at dawn. Harpocrates's name was a Hellenization of the Egyptian Har-pa-khered, meaning \"Horus the Child\". Horus is represented as a naked boy with his finger to his mouth, a realisation of the hieroglyph for \"child\".Misunderstanding this gesture, the later Greeks and Roman poets made Harpocrates the god of silence and secrecy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sian Harlowe Antique Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64080326295901,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/1205\/7949\/files\/1a1877_74bfedb9bfe743acab8999e7a19b4171_mv2_229a40ae-4785-482c-818b-404b66a39a76.avif?v=1775214706","url":"https:\/\/sianharloweantiques.co.uk\/products\/harpocrates-1","provider":"Sian Harlowe  Antique Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}