Late Dynastic Bronze Bull with Inscribed Base, Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 664 B.C.E. -332 B.C.E.
L. 10.5 cm
HC_SI_1008
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Provenance
Ex. Jerusalem private collection 1980's
A bronze statue of a bull with large horns facing
forward in stride. The head is erect and over all sculpting of the piece is
very finely done to offer sleek lines and engraved details around the yoke and
back of the animal. A representation of the god Hapi, the bull in this form was
associated to the rebirth and inundation of the Nile as well as fertility.
Worship of the Apis Bull was concentrated in Memphis, however the deity was a
universal deity of the Egyptian pantheon and was respected well into the Romano-Egyptian
period through hybrid gods, like Serapis.