Intaglio with a Bust of Serapis
Description
<p>A bearded bust of Serapis is shown on this intaglio in profile to the left. He is identified by the modius on top of his head.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.977' rel='external'>Intaglio with a 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.
Red, oval intaglio bearing a carved bust of a bearded, curly-haired male deity/figure in relief, shown in three-quarter view.
The object is a red, oval seal/intaglio with a raised/engraved portrait in the center. The figure has thick, curly hair and a full beard, and appears to wear a draped garment or ceremonial wrap over the shoulders. One side shows a pronounced fan-like or pleated texture suggesting hair/ornamentation or a headdress. No inscriptions or text fields are visible on the image. The surrounding field is smooth with the stone showing a glossy surface consistent with a worked gemstone. The catalogue title specifies a bust of Serapis; the depicted bearded and hair-styled male figure is generally consistent with a Greco-Egyptian syncretic deity type, but the image does not provide any explicit iconographic labels or text to confirm the identity with certainty.
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 42.977 tier-2
- Walters-id 17500 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.