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This signet ring was made in Alexandria and bears on its face the head of the god Serapis, with his bent nose and curved helmet. It is interesting to speculate that when Alexandria flourished the sarcophagus of the city's founder, Alexander, was brought to the great temple there and that Serapis, to whom the temple was dedicated, was depicted with black pupils and a white iris gazing fixedly at the worshipper.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 6 : Islamic Cultures, Egypt > # 69