Intaglio with head of Serapis
A small oval carnelian intaglio, glowing orange-brown against a plain gray ground. A head is carved into its flat face, faint in this photograph, and a number is inscribed along one edge.
Look closer: A number is inscribed along the right edge of the stone.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 332–30 BCE
- Medium
- Carnelian
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3000 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -30).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926