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Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A petite pendant carved from bull bone that depicts a pair of mirrored Apis bulls with distinct bovine heads surmounted with a sun disc between their horns. The striated necks and curved fore legs are identical on either half and a narrow suspension hole is drilled through a large sun disc mirrored across the back. The Apis bull or Hapis (also spelled Hapi-ankh) was a sacred bull who is identified as the son of Hathor and worshipped primarily in the Memphis region. Size: 1" L x 0.5" H (2.5 cm x 1.3 cm)

Provenance: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, New York, New York, USA; ex-private New York, New York, USA collection

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#155772

Minor abrasions to plinth and bull, with light softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits within some recessed areas.