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Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon

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Description

Plaque, five gods. Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 2nd century B.C.–A.D. 2nd century. Blue glass. L, 3.4 × W .2.9 × D. 0.8 cm (1 5/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Day Gamble Foundation Gift, 1976.

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.

Rectangular blue-glass plaque with an incised/relief scene of multiple standing figures and symbols within a shallow band, bordered by decorative shapes at the sides.

The object appears to be a small rectangular plaque made of blue glass. The surface shows molded/incised imagery in dark relief: a central group of several standing, robed figures arranged side-by-side, with what look like staffs or vertical attributes held/posed around them. At the left and right edges there are curled, wave-like or plant-like decorative motifs. A shallow horizontal zone at the bottom suggests a ground line. No clearly legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible in the image provided; the markings read as part of the molded scene rather than inscriptions. The catalogue title specifies Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, and Agathodaimon; however, the image is low-resolution and does not show distinctive attributes clearly enough to confirm these specific figures by name, though the overall iconographic style could be consistent with syncretic Greco-Egyptian religious imagery of the Ptolemaic/Roman period.

religious Ptolemaic or Roman period (as catalogued); exact date unclear from image resolution. good
Materials blue glass
Signs Incised/relief figural attributes and decorative motifs (non-text)

Connections

Deities IsisSerapis
Materials Blue Glass

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116389261 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 1976.52 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547872 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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