Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Weight Weighing Six Deben
Description
Bronze or copper alloy, filled with lead
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small bronze statue of a reclining Apis bull.
The artifact depicts a bronze statue of a reclining Apis bull, shown in a naturalistic pose. The figure is well-modeled, displaying refined details such as the curvature of the body and the head. The surface exhibits a green patina indicative of age and material oxidation. The style suggests it could be a votive offering, often associated with religious rituals.
religious
Late Period
good
Deities
Apis
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246525 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 04.2.23 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544778 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.