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title: Romano-Egyptian Painting of Serapis
author: Getty Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13503/romano-egyptian-painting-of-serapis/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Romano-Egyptian Painting of Serapis
_Authored by Getty Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13503.jpg)
## Image Caption
A painting of the Graeco-[Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Serapis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Serapis/), wearing his characteristic grain-counter (modius) on his head. Made in [Roman Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Egypt/), c. 100-200 CE. Tempera painting on wood panel. 39.1 × 19.1 cm (15 3/8 × 7 1/2 in). The panel is a part of the collection of the J. [Paul](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Paul/) Getty Museum. Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, G. (2021, February 27). Romano-Egyptian Painting of Serapis. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, Getty. "Romano-Egyptian Painting of Serapis." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 27, 2021. .
### MLA
Museum, Getty. "Romano-Egyptian Painting of Serapis." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Feb 2021, .
## License & Copyright
Digital image courtesy of the Getty's [Open Content Program](https://www.getty.edu/projects/open-content-program/). The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required. [Original image](http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7145/unknown-maker-panel-with-painted-image-of-serapis-romano-egyptian-ad-100-200/) by [**Getty Museum**](http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7145/unknown-maker-panel-with-painted-image-of-serapis-romano-egyptian-ad-100-200/). Submitted by [Arienne King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ava.spartan.117/ "User Page: Arienne King"), published on 27 February 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.