A monumental Roman Imperial marble head, circa 120 to 160 CE, showing Zeus in his documented syncretic form as Zeus Ammon, the bearded Greek god crowned with the curling ram's horns of the Egyptian god Amun, a type widely produced across the Roman world. The Metropolitan Museum's own title names Zeus directly. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 2012.22, purchased in 2012 through Philodoroi Gifts and several named donor funds.
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Current LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Amun, Deities This source names Amun directly: "ram's horns of the Egyptian god Amun, a type widely produced across the Roman world."
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Zeus, Figures The Metropolitan Museum's own title, "Marble head of Zeus Ammon," names the god outright in a documented Greco-Roman syncretic type combining Zeus with the ram's horns of the Egyptian Amun.
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