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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Head of Zeus Serapis
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Head of Zeus Serapis

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPtolemaic Period
Date305-30 BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions3 5/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 11/16 in., 136 g (9.2 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm, 4 13/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.787
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Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Archeologie (27 Juin 1974), lot 111.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 27.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Marseille, France, June 27, 1974, lot 111. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art