Cleveland Museum of Art

Spiral Ring with Isis and Serapis

Date

1–100 CE

Medium

gold

Culture

Greece or Italy, Rome (?)

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This spiral gold ring is decorated with tiny busts on either terminal, representing the gods Isis and Serapis. Both gods are shown from the waist up, with wide shoulders and small heads that create a shape reminiscent of a cobra snake. The two ends of this spiral ring terminate in humanlike protomes.

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