Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon

Ptolemaic or Roman Period

2nd century B.C.–A.D. 2nd century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 137

Serapis is flanked by Demeter with her torch and Isis who appears to hold a cornucopia. Behind Demeter is Thermouthis, the Egyptian agrarian snake-deity Renenutet. Behind Isis is Agathodaimon, a Greco-Roman benificent snake deity who received a cult in Egypt; he wears a white crown and a beard.

Isis and Demeter were associated in the Greco-Roman Period, while the snake Agathodaimon is associated with Serapis, and Thermouthis with Isis.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon
Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
Date: 2nd century B.C.–A.D. 2nd century
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Blue glass
Dimensions: 1 3/16 x 1 3/8 in. (3 x 3.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Day Gamble Foundation Gift, 1976
Object Number: 1976.52
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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