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Apis bull statuette

Figure of Apis bull, striding with left legs forward. He has a solar disc between his horns, decorated with the uraeus. A triangle is incised on the bull’s forehead. The Apis bull is wearing a collar composed of three registers. On the withers and rump there is an incised winged solar disc: the plumage details are incised. A decorated cloth is engraved on the back. The legs and tail are broken. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 817
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio