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Mnevis bull statuette

Figure of Mnevis bull, striding with left legs forward. He has a solar disc between his large horns. The solar disc is slightly chipped on the top and decorated with the uraeus between his large horns. The neck is thin and forms a hump, the rest of the body is elongated and thin. The tail runs along the right hind leg. The figure rests on a thin rectangular base. An oval tenon projects down from the base. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Suppl. 2913
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period
Egypt, Cairo, Heliopolis
Excavation Ernesto Schiaparelli, 1903–1906
Museum / Floor 2A / Mezzanine / Cabinet 05 Metal / Shelf 04
Museo Egizio