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سراپیس
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thumb|Antoninianus of Postumus with Serapis on the reverse. Serapis or Sarapis is a Graeco-Egyptian god. A syncretic deity derived from the worship of the Egyptian Osiris and Apis, Serapis was extensively popularized in the third century BC on the orders of Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter, as a means to unify the Greek and Egyptian subjects of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- egyptian
- Deity.name
- Serapis
- Deity.image
- Serapis Pio-Clementino Inv689 n2.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Marble bust of Serapis wearing a modius
- Deity.cult_center
- Serapeum of Alexandria
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Egyptian mythology
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Isis
- Image
- Serapis Pio-Clementino Inv689 n2.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Serapis
- topic's main category
- Category:Serapis
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