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| Keywords: Egyptian - Figure of the Apis Bull - Walters 54538 - Three Quarter Left.jpg 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 and Greco-Roman periods 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 ca 600 500 BC Late Period bronze cm 12 07 11 43 accession number 54 538 22399 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation The Apis the Horus giving life to Pesometik son of Pedy-wesr made of Neb-hetef Egypt in Africa Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis 1996 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Apis Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
