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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.1.145
Title
Intaglio: Serapis
Classification
Gems
Work Type
gem
Date
2nd-4th Century
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77206

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hematite
Technique
Intaglio
Dimensions
2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Eleftherios Sossidi, Hamburg, (between 1955-65 - 1990's), sold; [through Sotheby's sale 7742, New York, December 7, 2001, lot 314]; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (2001-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Note: E. Sossidi (1913-1992) worked in Cairo from 1958-1968.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.1.145
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Hematite intaglio with image of Serapis. The god stands frontally on a platform, wearing his identifying crown, holding a wreath in his right hand and a long staff in his left. He is flanked by smaller figures of the Dioskouroi, each holding a staff and a star above their heads. There is a small crouched figure in front of the platform.

Publication History

  • Simone Michel, Die magischen Gemmen: Zu Bildern und Zauberformeln auf geschnittenen Steinen der Antike und Neuzeit, Akademie Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 2004), 326, no. 45.2.b (as Sossidi 11), p. 14.1.

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