Apis bull
Apis bull
Apis bull
Apis bull

On view

Ancient Mediterranean Art

Apis bull,

ca. 332–30 BCE

Egyptian
Hellenistic Period to Ptolemaic Period, 304–30 BCE, ca. 323–30 BCE
2007-66

Information

Title
Apis bull
Dates

ca. 332–30 BCE

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
h. with tang 10.1 cm, w. 3.2 cm, l. 10.3 cm (4 x 1 1/4 x 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by exchange
Object Number
2007-66
Place Made

Africa, Egypt

Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Hellenistic, Ptolemaic
Type
metalwork, figurines
Materials
bronze
Subject
lozenges, sunbursts, deities, stripes, mythology, bulls

This piece was acquired in a trade with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in exchange for two sections of inscribed limestone relief (y1950-128.5 and y1950-128.46), from the tomb of the vizier Nespekashuty, that joined a relief in the Metropolitan

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