Serapis-shaped pendant; Roman Empire, 1st–2nd centuries AD
Bronze.
Measurements: 4.6 cm high
Provenance: Family legacy of Ramon Martí Alsina and Ricard Martí Aguiló.
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Serapis-shaped pendant; Roman Empire, 1st–2nd centuries A.D.
Bronze.
Measurements: 4.6 cm high
Provenance: Family legacy of Ramon Martí Alsina and Ricard Martí Aguiló. Archaeological collection formed from the 1950s by successive generations of the family, through acquisitions in European galleries and auction houses.
Roman bronze pendant depicting Serapis, a syncretic Greco-Egyptian god, who was named the patron deity of Alexandria and the official god of Egypt and Greece by Ptolemy I (367–283 BC), with the aim of fostering cultural ties between the two countries.
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