Head of a Priest of Serapis (Unfinished)
Head of a Priest of Serapis (Unfinished)
Place of OriginEgypt, found at Sakkara
DateRoman period, probably about 200 CE
DimensionsH: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
MediumGreek marble, traces of pigment.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1925.153
Not on View
Collections
Exhibition HistoryDayton (OH) Art Institute, The Roman World: Religious and Everday Life, 2007-2008 (no catalogue or checklist).
- Sculpture
Toledo Museum of Art, The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo, February 3- May 6, 2018.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Walker, Susan and Morris Biebrier, Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, The British Museum, London, 2008, cat. no. 21 (exhibition catalogue; refer to the painted portrait of a priest of Serapis)
about 200
about 880 BCE
mid-5th century BCE
about 650 BCE, Dynasty 25 (Kushite) or Dynasty 26 (Saite)
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