Feb 27, 2024
Ring with bezel in the form of a bust of Serapis - Met Museum Collection
Inventory Numbers, Left to right: Coiled Wire Ring (24.2.29); Cast Ring with Bust of Serapis (26.7.832); Cast Ring with Bust of Isis (26.7.833); Cast Ring with Bust of Serapis (49.159.1); Coiled Wire Ring (10.130.1512)
Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 1st century B.C.–A.D. 1st century Location Information: From Egypt, Alexandria Region, Alexandria
Description:
A bust of Serapis was hammered and chased, rather than cast, out of gold and then soldered at an angle to the flat bezel of this ring.
Rings of this form are most characteristic of Egypt, and Serapis is the god most frequently represented.