figure
- Museum number
- EA58963
- Description
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Solid-cast copper alloy figure of the Apis Bull wearing the sun-disc; decorated with silver inlay: a triangle on the forehead, a winged scarab at the back of the neck and a vulture on the rump.
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.30 centimetres
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Length: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Published: Barcelona, Toros/Bulls, p.312, Cat. No.13. = The Bull in the Mediterranean World, Athens 2003, pp.156 -157 [13].
- 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.
Exhibition: 'A son of Luxor's sands', Carmarthen Museum, Jun-Oct 1986.
2007/08 Nov-Jan, BM, Room 3, Divine Cat: Speaking to the gods in ancient Egypt
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1928
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA58963
- Registration number
- 1928,0114.21
