figure
- Museum number
- EA64507
- Description
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Solid-cast copper figure of the Apis Bull; wearing the solar-disc and uraeus; incised decoration including a triangle on the forehead, a collar, a winged sun-disc, a saddle-cloth and a vulture; 2 rods below the back legs.
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 centimetres
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Length: 11.30 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Published: Barcelona, Toros/Bulls, p.312-313, Cat. No.14 = The Bull in the Mediterranean World, Athens 2003, pp.156 - 157 [14].
- 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 (repaired)
- Acquisition date
- 1946
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA64507
- Registration number
- 1946,1204.31
