Marble Bust of a Priest

"Roman, Hadrianic Period, A.D. 117-138

Collection of Shelby White and Leon Levy (L.2007.8.5)

This intense figure can be identified as a priest by his headdress, a rolled fillet with a raised round diadem at the center. The manner in which his toga is folded, with a thick band crossing his chest, indicates that he was a priest of the god Serapis. A seven-pointed star would have been painted on the round diadem. ..."