Funerary stele of a boy, an initiate in the cult of Isis (150)

Found in a basin of the Taberne dei Pescivendoli (IV,V,1).
Date: early fourth century AD. W. 0.28, h. 0.67, d. 0.08.
The sidelock of hair, the "Horus lock", is characteristic for Horus-Harpocrates, son of Isis. The boy is holding a bird and a branch.

Arachne 1074101. Becatti 1938. Helbig nr. 3144. Guida p. 83 nr. 14. Photo: Becatti 1938, Tav. 34.