Gold Mask Related to an Apis Bull Burial

Item Overview

Title

Gold Mask Related to an Apis Bull Burial

Collection

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

Notes

Description

45 degrees
Photo courtesy of Aidan Dodson
Article: Rituals Related to Animal Cults
Embossed

Caption

Figure 2. Gold mask from a mummiform massincorporating fragmentary bull bones, belonging to an Apis bull dating to late in the reign of Ramesses II (Louvre 2291)

Physical Description

Medium

Gold

Keywords

Genre

Mask

Subject topic

Religion
Rituals Related to Animal Cults
Rituals
Cult and Ritual

Subject

Reign of Ramesses II
19th Dynasty
New Kingdom

Resource type

still image