Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Resting bovine figurine
Description
Gold
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 statuette depicting a reclining bull.
The artifact is a bronze figurine of a bull, lying on its stomach with legs folded beneath. The detailing on the face and body provides a naturalistic representation. The bull is adorned with a sun disk between its horns, indicating religious or symbolic significance typically associated with Apis bulls in ancient Egyptian context.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Apis
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244914 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.8.405 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545203 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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