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Ptolemaic or Roman Period
A bust of Serapis was hammered and chased, rather than cast, out of gold and then soldered at an angle to the flat bezel of this ring.
Rings of this form are most characteristic of Egypt, and Serapis is the god most frequently represented.
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Title: Ring with bezel in the form of a bust of Serapis
Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 100
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 3.2 x 2.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 in.)
Credit Line: GIft of Eleanor Morgan Satterlee, 1949
Object Number: 49.159.1
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