Jasper intaglio: Seated Serapis on crocodile
Unknown Artist
On the obverse, Ouroboros enclosing Serapis on throne above a crocodile; above, scarab; below, mummy of Osiris carried on the back of a lion. On the reverse side, scarabs, hawks, goats, crocodiles, snakes, grouped in threes.
Credit: Gift of Miss Helen Miller Gould, 1910
2nd century A.D.
Jasper, green
1.9 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
10.130.1390
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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