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Apis Bull Statuette Late Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 17.190.62. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 17.190.62
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Date: 664–343 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 343 BCE
Materials: ['elephant ivory']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Apis Bull Statuette (17.190.62). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/28558

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Statuette, Apis bull. Late Period, Dynasty 26–30, 664–343 B.C. Elephant ivory. L. 9.2 × W. 4 × D. 6.9 cm (3 5/8 × 1 9/16 × 2 11/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Bulls. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.

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