Limestone relief
Rectangular fragment, with shrine of Apis bull on a wheeled barque. Showing the Apis bull travelling on a barque: underneath the shire are rollers to enable the heavy weight to move. Priests usually carried statues of gods. Theh bull was seen to be a living embodiment of the god Ptah and so had to be transported as any other god.
Depth: 5.6 cm
Height: 13.5 cm
Weight: 2.2 kg
Width: 22.5 cm
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Method of acquisition: Given
(1911)
by
British School of Archaeology in Egypt
Ptolemaic
-332
-
-30
Accession number: E.74.1911
Primary reference Number: 51301
Oldadmincategory: SS
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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"Limestone relief"
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