Figure of the Apis Bull
Description
<p>The Apis bull was associated with the creator god Ptah and with the rituals for the king. His main place of worship was Memphis. After the death of the Apis bull he was mummified and buried in a special cemetery. Figures of Apis bulls were donated during the Late Period and Ptolemaic period into temples. This bronze figure displays the bull on a base. He has a sun-disk between his horns combined with a uraeus (cobra serpent). The carving on its body displays a collar, a winged sun-disk on the shoulders, and a cloth with a hatched pattern on the back.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.538' rel='external'>Figure of the Apis Bull</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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- Walters-AccNum 54.538 tier-2
- Walters-id 22399 tier-2
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