Nile God Statue, Naples

The statue represents the God of the Nile, recumbent with a cornucopia and lying on a sphinx. The statue was probably erected in the then Roman port city by Alexandrian merchants in the 2nd century. It was recovered, headless, in 1476, and was nicknamed . The sculptor of the head was Bartolomeo Mori. Later restoration was performed in the 18th-century by Angelo Viva. Both statues are copies of an original from Alexandria, Egypt. == Inscription ==

The inscription under the statue reads: {{Poem quote|text= The earlier 1667 inscription of this statue – referenced in the current inscription – is recorded in travel writings of Johann Georg Keyßler (mid 18th-century) still noting a crocodile, which is absent today: == Gallery ==