The torso of this bust of Sarapis is covered by the folds of his garment. The head is characteristically rendered with five locks on the forehead, a full beard parted in the middle, and an undecorated kalathos on top of the head. The kalathos is a grain measure symbolizing fecundity which forms part of the classical iconography of Sarapis.
Hornbostel, W., Sarapis : Studien zur Überlieferungsgeschichte, den Erscheinungsformen und Wandlungen der Gestalt eines Gottes (Études Préliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans L'Empire Romain 32), Leiden 1973, Abb. 225.
Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 105.
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