Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Figure of a Sacred (likely Apis) Bull
Description
Cupreous metal
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 depicting an animal, possibly an ancient Egyptian ibex.
The artifact is a small, intricately crafted bronze statue of an animal that appears to be an ibex, suggested by its distinctly curved horns. The piece is mounted on a simple rectangular base, and the overall patina indicates significant age, with a darkened surface that is typical of aged bronze. The stylistic features suggest an emphasis on naturalistic detail, capturing the essence of the animal with its muscular body and prominent horns.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408844 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.151 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329931 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.