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Source Description
The Apis bull was associated with the creator god Ptah and with the rituals for the king. His main place of worship was Memphis. After the death of the Apis bull he was mummified and buried in a special cemetery. Figures of Apis bulls were donated during the Late Period and Ptolemaic period into temples. This bronze figure displays the bull on a base. He has a sun-disk between his horns combined with a uraeus (cobra serpent). The carving on its body displays a collar, a winged sun-disk on the shoulders, and a cloth with a hatched pattern on the back.
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Document identity
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22399
label
Figure of the Apis Bull
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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22399
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Figure of the Apis Bull
description
The Apis bull was associated with the creator god Ptah and with the rituals for the king. His main place of worship was Memphis. After the death of the Apis bull he was mummified and buried in a special cemetery. Figures of Apis bulls were donated during the Late Period and Ptolemaic period into temples. This bronze figure displays the bull on a base. He has a sun-disk between his horns combined with a uraeus (cobra serpent). The carving on its body displays a collar, a winged sun-disk on the shoulders, and a cloth with a hatched pattern on the back.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statuettes (statues)
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.1
height
11.4
dimensionsRaw
4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (12.07 x 11.43 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
style
Saitic
inscriptions
[Translation] The Apis
the Horus
giving life (to) Pesometik
son of Pedy-wesr
made of Neb-hetef
dynasty
26th-27th Dynasty
med
bronze
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6182
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EGY
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555
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