Bust of Serapis
Description
<p></p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.106' rel='external'>Bust of Serapis</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small blue glazed faience bust showing a bearded male head with curly hair, facing forward, with a short cylindrical back/tube-like support and a decorated collar/shoulder area.
The object is a sculpted, human-headed bust in light-to-medium blue with darkened surface details. The figure has a broad, rounded face, heavy-lidded eyes, a short moustache, and a full beard rendered in incised/raised curls. Curly hair frames the sides of the head and falls toward the temples. The lower neck and upper chest show a plain to lightly patterned area, with a suggestion of a draped garment or collar on the right side of the figure (left side partially obscured by perspective). The background is plain and the object appears photographed in isolation. No clear hieroglyphic or other textual elements are visible on the image. No cartouches are visible. The overall finish appears glossy and glazed, consistent with a self-glazing Egyptian faience surface.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 47.106 tier-2
- Walters-id 10019 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.