Intaglio with the Head of Jupiter Serapis

1st century CE (Roman Imperial) H: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Citation Source image

This intaglio bears the head of the god Serapis in profile to the left. He is wearing a kalathos (woven basket) or modius (grain measure), which emphasized his associations with abundance and the underworld. Serapis was a syncretistic deity, adopting elements from the Egyptia...

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