Ring with Bust of Serapis

3rd-2nd century BCE (Greco-Roman)

2.7 cm 4.5 cm

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The god Serapis combined aspects of major Egyptian and Greek gods. Created by the Ptolemaic kings to appeal to both the Greek ruling class and the native Egyptian population, Serapis acquired powerful solar, fertility, healing, and funerary associations and eventually became e...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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