Sarapis Agathodaimon
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Sarapis-bust on lotus flower

Sarapis head from Egypt

Classification
sculpture / statue
Culture
Graeco-Egyptian (culture)
Dimensions
height: 7.8 cm
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
alabaster; material analysis
Iconography
Sarapis; ribbon; calathus (modius/polos)
Production place
Egypt
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Inventory
50.1722
ID
Hyp-874
References
Castiglione, in BullMusHong 12 (1958), 17–39, 95–108, fig. 7–9.

Material analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Egyptian gypsum. Click here for the detailed results.

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.