entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_SYN_SERAPIS,SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS,direct attestation,De Iside 28 is the primary ancient text for the creation of Serapis: Ptolemy I Soter is told in a dream to bring a statue from Sinope; the theologians Timotheus and Manetho identify the new deity as a synthesis of Osiris and Apis; Plutarch is the most detailed ancient source for the Serapis foundation myth ENT_SYN_SERAPIS,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation,"Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries." ENT_SYN_SERAPIS,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation,"Attested in Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt."