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Bronze votive tablet

ca. 2nd century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169
The tablet is in the form of a small tabula ansata, often used as the frame for dedicatory or funerary inscriptions. Here it is inscribed on both sides with a dedication in Greek to the Egyptian god Serapis.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bronze votive tablet
  • Period: Imperial
  • Date: ca. 2nd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H.: 1 3/4 x 5 1/16 in. (4.4 x 12.9 cm)
  • Classification: Bronzes
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.88.172
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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