Intaglio with head of Serapis (?), Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 , From Egypt, Carnelian, Diam: 2 cm (13/16 in.), Serapis was a

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Intaglio with head of Serapis (?), Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 , From Egypt, Carnelian, Diam: 2 cm (13/16 in.), Serapis was a combined form of Osiris and Apis who existed apparently he became the god of the Ptolemaic Dynasty with Ptolemy I. With the Ptolemies he acquired a Greek appearance and certain characteristics of Zeus and Hades in particular

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