Tile representing Apis
- Description
- 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.
- Accession Loan No.
- 198/1998/5
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- tile representing Apis
- Simple Name
- tile
- Full Name
- wall tile representing Apis
- Dimensions
- length 100 mm; W 115 mm; TH 35 mm
- Cultural Group
- Egyptian
- Period Classification
- Ptolemaic Period - 332-30 BC
- Family Group
- Material
- faience
- Collection Country
- Egypt
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collection Continent
- Africa
