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coffin, footboard, Apis bull
Wooden coffin footboard with black bull. Painted red on black with hieroglyphs. The inscription reads 'Osiris Apis'. Apis bulls appear on coffins from the 22nd Dynasty. This dates from the Third Intermediate Period to the Late Period. The sacred Apis bull was a herald of the god Ptah. Apis bulls can be recognised by their markings - black with a white patch on their foreheads and back. The Apis bu…
Type of item
- coffin, footboard, Apis bull
- Third Intermediate Period - Late Period
- Late Period
Date
- 1069 B.C.-332 B.C.
- -1069/-0332
Type of item
- coffin, footboard, Apis bull
- Third Intermediate Period - Late Period
- Late Period
Date
- 1069 B.C.-332 B.C.
- -1069/-0332
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W1026
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:05:44.983Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:23.457Z