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<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_PS9.jpg)
Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_PS9.jpg)
<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_PS9.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_PS9.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_NegA_print_SL4.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_NegA_print_SL4.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_NegB_print_SL4.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_NegB_print_SL4.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_NegC_print_SL4.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_NegC_print_SL4.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_View1.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_View1.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_side1.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_side1.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_back.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_back.jpg)

<em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_side2.jpg)

Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.58.79.1_side2.jpg)

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Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 1st century C.E.
    PERIOD Late Ptolemaic Period
    DIMENSIONS 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 58.79.1
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Herma in glassy faience. Head of a god, perhaps Serapus or Aesclepius, terminating just below neck and mounted on column (?). Curled hair, plain and flat diadem, beard and moustache, open mouth. Head twisted slightly to right. Condition: Surface worn, numerous chips, nose and beard broken. Top of head broken in a way that suggests it was originally furnished with an attribute.
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 58.79.1_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    <em>Head from a Statuette of Zeus Serapis</em>, 1st century C.E. Faience, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.79.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.79.1_PS9.jpg)

    TAGS

    Head
    God
    Deity
    Glassy
    Faience
    Egypt
    Late Ptolemaic Period
    Probably 2nd-1st Century B.C.E.
    Serapus or Aesculapius
    Curled hair
    Beard and moustache
    Fragment
    Sculpture

    TAGS

    Head
    God
    Deity
    Glassy
    Faience
    Egypt
    Late Ptolemaic Period
    Probably 2nd-1st Century B.C.E.
    Serapus or Aesculapius
    Curled hair
    Beard and moustache
    Fragment
    Sculpture

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