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Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon

Ptolemaic or Roman Period
ca. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • Title: Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon
  • Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
  • Date: ca. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Blue glass
  • Dimensions: L, 3.4 × W .2.9 × D. 0.8 cm (1 5/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Day Gamble Foundation Gift, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.52
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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