UNPUBLISHED MARBLE HEAD OF SERAPIS KEPT IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

UNPUBLISHED MARBLE HEAD OF SERAPIS KEPT IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

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This paper deals with a marble head of Serapis, kept in the stuart products emcelle tocopherol Grand Egyptian Museum (Gem.34206).The head was found in Diospolis Magna (modern Luxor); its height is about 46cm, while the width is 32cm.The head is well-preserved.

It is carved in marble.The head is broken off from the bottom part of the neck, which indicates that the head probably belonged to a colossal statue of Serapis.The artistic treatment of the head, in particular the hairstyle above the forehead and also the beard, plus the lack of acupatch information concerning the find-spot of the head in Luxor which make it difficult to determine the exact date and archeological context.All comparative examples presented in this paper indicate that this head probably represents a head of the god Serapis.

The paper discusses the problem of the find-spot of the head.It suggests that the head was probably found in the site of the Roman camp.