Roman fresco showing young Harpocrates, son of Isis and Osiris. The depicted deity approaches the altar, which is entangled by a snake eating sacrifices. Dated to the 1st century CE. The object was discovered in Herculaneum. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
Harpocrates was an Egyptian-Greek deity, popular in the Greek and Roman world. In Rome, he was worshiped as the god of fertility, prosperity and abundance.
