Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Ring with Bust of Serapis

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Description

Caption: Ring with Bust of Serapis, 200–325 C.E. Lead, 7/8 × 13/16 in. (2.3 × 2.1 cm) Dimensions of Bezel: 11/16 × 9/16 in. (1.8 × 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 02.246.

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small, worn ring artifact.

The artifact is a small ring, possibly made of metal. It appears to be quite worn and possibly corroded, with an uneven surface indicating age and exposure. The ring lacks any visible engravings or decoration, which makes it difficult to identify its specific use or origin. The background suggests it was photographed in a controlled environment.

unclear unknown poor
Materials metal

Connections

Deities Serapis
Materials Metal

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 02.246 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 15566 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.