Upper part of a statuette of the Mother of the Apis, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–200 B.C., From Egypt, Yellow faience, H. 5.6 × W. 3.1 × D. 3 cm (2 3/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 3/16 in.), The Apis bull was associated with the god Osiris and with Ptah, and with royal mythology. Isis, the wife of Osiris, was also mother of his son Horus who became the living king when Osiris became the dead king, symbolizing the chain of Osiris and Horus manifestations of the Egyptian king
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Upper part, statuette, Mother, Apis, Late Period, Ptolemaic, 664–200 B.C, Egypt, Yellow faience, H, 5.6, W, 3.1, D, 3 cm, 2 3/16, 1 1/4, bull, associated, god Osiris, Ptah, royal mythology, Isis, wife, Osiris, mother, son Horus, living king, dead, symbolizing, chain, Horus manifestations, Egyptian
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