Artist
Unknown Egyptian
CultureEgyptian
Titles
- Figure of Apis
Date599–501 BC
PlaceEgypt
MediumBronze
Dimensionswithout mount: 3 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches (7.6 × 7.0 × 3.2 cm)
attached to mount: 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches (9.5 × 7.0 × 3.2 cm)
attached to mount: 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches (9.5 × 7.0 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of General and Mrs. Maurice Hirsch
Object number52.38
Not on view
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
Exhibition HistoryUnveiling ceremony of a mural by John Biggers in the lobby of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business Building, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, on September 22, 1999 (LN: 99.15).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Dedication inscription
Front - "Oh Apis Give Life"
Side - "to (name)"
Other side - "Here born of"
Front - "Oh Apis Give Life"
Side - "to (name)"
Other side - "Here born of"
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