Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon

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2nd century B.C.–A.D. 2nd century · Blue glass · Egyptian Art

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd century B.C.–A.D. 2nd century

Medium

Blue glass

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Day Gamble Foundation Gift, 1976