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

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

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 Temporal

New Kingdom
Reign of Ramesses II
19th Dynasty

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Rituals Related to Animal Cults
Rituals
Cult and Ritual
Religion