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Plaster Mold for Serapis Bust
Greco-Roman Egyptian, possibly found at Fayum

Title

Plaster Mold for Serapis Bust

Artist

Unknown Artist (Greco-Roman Egyptian, possibly found at Fayum)

Date

305–30 BCE

Medium

plaster

Dimensions

height: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

Classification

Tools & Implements

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. A.F. Jonas

Object Number

1935.122

On View

On view

Provenance

Possibly found at Fayum or Memphis [1].
Dr. August Frederick Jonas (1854–1934) and Mrs. A.F. Jonas (née Jessica Maud Stebbins, 1874–1961), Omaha, Nebraska, by 1934–1935;
Gift of Mrs. A. F. Jonas to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1935.

[1] A.F. Jonas Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, 1935, no. 28, “found at Fayum,” Joslyn Art Museum, Donor File. Notes from assessment by Dr. Robert Bianchi, Brooklyn Museum, December 1992, “typically associated with finds at Memphis.” Joslyn Art Museum, Object File.

Exhibition History

None.

Published References

None.