Marble head of a Priest at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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This marble bust of a priest originates from Rome and was created in the Hadrianic period, A.D. 117-138. This intense figure can be identified as a priest by his headdress, a rolled fillet with a raised round diadem at the center. The mannger in which his toga is folded, with a thick band crossing his chest, indicates that he was a priest of the god Serapis. A seven-pointed star would have been painted on the round diadem. Serapis, a fusion of the two Egyptian deities Osiris and Apis, was assimilated to such Greek gods as Zeus, Hades, and Asclepius by the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic rulers in Alexandria during the Hellenistic period. During the Roman period, his cult spread throughout the Mediterranean world together with that of his consort, Isis.   This object is part of "Scan The World". Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [email protected] to find out how you can help.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met", is located in New York City and is the largest art museum in the United States, and is among the most visited art museums in the world. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among seventeen curatorial departments. The main building, on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is by area one of the world's largest art galleries. A much smaller second location, The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan, contains an extensive collection of art, architecture, and artifacts from Medieval Europe.

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