Wall 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, and is in the Greek style.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 198/1998/6
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- wall tile representing Apis
- Simple Name
- tile
- Period Classification
- Ptolemaic Period - 332-30 BC
