Σάραπις

A. Σεράπι Milet. 1(7).283, 205b:—Sarapis or Serapis, an Egyptian god, Osiris-Apis (introduced from Sinope under Ptol. I acc. to Tac.H. 4.83-84), Men.in POxy. 1803.8, Call. Epigr. 38.3, D.S. 1.25, Plu. 2.362a; freq. in Inscrr., OGI 16 (Halic., iii B.C.), al., SIG 664.25 (Delos, ii B.C.), al., CIG 4042 (Ancyra), al., and Papyri, UPZ 32.38 (ii B.C.), etc.:—hence Σαραπιεῖον, τό, temple of Sarapis, SIG 663.14 (Delos, iii/ii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 34.13 (iii B.C.), UPZ 122.6 (ii B.C.), Plb. 4.39.6; contr. Σαραπεῖον or Σεραπεῖον, τό, CIG 4401, Plu. Alex. 76, D.C. 66.24; Σαράπιον or Σερ‐, Str. 17.1.10, CIG 2715 b. 4 (Caria):—Σαραπιεῖα, τά, festival at Tanagra, IG 7.540:—Σαραπιασταί, οἱ, guild of worshippers of Sarapis, ib.22.1292, SIG 1114 (Rhodes, ii B.C.).

II. a plant, PMag.Osl. 1.363. [Inscrr. and Papyri show Σαρ‐ almost without exception in iii and iiB.C.; Σερ‐ becomes common in the Roman period.]