CIMRM Supplement - God with snake coils, possibly Aion, Heraklion, Crete.

From: Prof. Michael J. Fuller

There is a curious statue in the museum in Heraklion, Crete. It has been suggested that this may in fact be Aion. The museum sign reads:

Statue of an Egyptian deity. It depicts a standing male figure with long hair and dress decorated with stars, around which a snake is wound. He holds two sceptres with lotus, while a pallet, the symbol of the scribes, is showing hanging from his left arm. The figure is identified with a deity, in which coexist attributes of gods Osiris, Serapis, and Imhotep. Roman period, 1st-2nd century AD.

Bibliography

Eleni Vassilika, "A New Egyptian God in Roman Crete," In Cretaromana e protobizantina: Atti del congresso internazionale organizzato dalla Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene (Iraklion, 23–30 settembre 2000),ed. Antonino Di Vita, Monica Livadioti, and Ilaria Simiakaki, vol. 3.2, Padua (2004), pp.1083–1087.