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Head of Sarapis

Head of Serapis

Classification
bust
Culture
Graeco-Egyptian (culture); Roman
Dimensions
height: 9.2 cm
Date
second half of the 2nd century A.D.
Period
Roman Imperial Period (Egypt, 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.)
Material
alabaster; material analysis
Iconography
Sarapis; tunic; mantle
Production place
Alexandria?
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Inventory
68.1.A
ID
Hyp-944
References
Szilágyi J. Gy. 1988a, 114, fig. 109; Castiglione, in BullMusHong 64 (1985), 19–21, 68, fig. 21–24

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 bust 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.