Modius (headdress)

The name was given by modern scholars based on its resemblance to the jar used as a Roman unit of dry measure,[1][2] but it probably does represent a grain-measure, and symbolizing one's ability to learn new information by having an open mind with an empty cup.

The modius is worn by certain deities, including the Eleusinian deities and their Roman counterparts, the Ephesian Artemis and certain other forms of the goddess,[3] Hecate, and Serapis.

[4] Serapis was the main idol/figurehead at the Library of Alexandria during the ancient Egyptian & Roman alliance.

A tall modius is part of the complex headdress used for depictions of Egyptian royal women, often ornamented variously with symbols, vegetative motifs, and the uraeus.

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