Tile representing Apis
This tile would have formed part of a decorative frieze or border in an ancient Egyptian building or tomb. The bull is Apis, a sacred animal associated with the creator god Ptah, but the tile is in a Greek style.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 198/1998/5
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Material
- faience | | | |
- Common Name
- tile representing Apis
- Simple Name
- tile
- Period Classification
- Ptolemaic Period - 332-30 BC
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
