figure
- Museum number
- EA11618
- Description
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Solid-cast copper alloy figure of an Apis Bull wearing the sun-disc and uraeus; inlaid silver triangle on the forehead; eyes inlaid; incised necklet; vulture on the back; elaborate saddle-cloth; scarab on the rump; two tangs beneath the base.
- Dimensions
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Height: 13.60 centimetres
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Length: 10.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Toros Bulls: Image and Cult in the Ancient Mediterranean, Barcelona, 2003, pp.257, 312 [12] = The Bull in the Mediterranean World, Athens 2003, pp.156 - 157 [12].
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Exhibition: "The Bull in the Ancient World / Bulls: Image and Cult in the ancient Mediterranean", Salo del Tinell, Barcelona, 14 Nov 2002-13 Feb 2003; then Benaki Museum, Athens, 14 Nov 2002-7 Jun 2003.
- Condition
- fair (corroded)
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA11618
- Registration number
- 1875,0810.114
