Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon

Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Serapis is flanked by Demeter with her torch and Isis who appears to hold a cornucopia. Behind Demeter is Thermouthis, the Egyptian agrarian snake-deity Renenutet. Behind Isis is Agathodaimon, a Greco-Roman benificent snake deity who received a cult in Egypt; he wears a white crown and a beard. Isis and Demeter were associated in the Greco-Roman Period, while the snake Agathodaimon is associated with Serapis, and Thermouthis with Isis.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, AgathodaimonPlaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, AgathodaimonPlaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, AgathodaimonPlaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, AgathodaimonPlaque depicting Thermouthis, Demeter, Serapis, Isis, Agathodaimon

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.