The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Marble head of Zeus Ammon," a Roman Imperial marble head, circa 120 to 160 CE. The record's own title names Zeus directly, combining the classical bearded Zeus with the ram's horns of the Egyptian god Amun, a documented Greco-Roman syncretic type. Purchase, Philodoroi Gifts, Acquisitions Fund and several named donor gifts, 2012. Accession number 2012.22.
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The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its period, materials and accession number, whose title names the god depicted by his own documented syncretic form. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257864
Source TypeMuseum
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Amun, Deities This source names Amun directly: "the ram's horns of the Egyptian god Amun, a documented Greco-Roman syncretic type."
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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