Looking very much the image of a bloodied, fallen god - a glass head of the doubly syncretic deity Zeus-Serapis. It was originally a cast and carved chunk of opaque red glass which acquired a green patina over the centuries. πΊ #AncientBluesky
Roman, 1st-2nd c. CE. #MetMuseum
πΈ me
Roman, 1st-2nd c. CE. #MetMuseum
πΈ me
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βHere lies a toppled god.
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.β
β Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah
Thanks.