Offering scene with the sacred bull, Apis

Offering scene with the sacred bull, Apis, The dead man is offering to the bull while Isis behind spreads her wings in protection. Apis served as the ba (physical manifestation) of the god Ptah & became identified with Osiris after death & accompanied & protected the dead in the journey to the afterlife. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. Graeco Roman Period, 2nd C AD. Kom El Shuqafa (Esch Chugafa), Alexandria . (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Offering scene with the sacred bull, Apis, The dead man is offering to the bull while Isis behind spreads her wings in protection. Apis served as the ba (physical manifestation) of the god Ptah & became identified with Osiris after death & accompanied & protected the dead in the journey to the afterlife. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. Graeco Roman Period, 2nd C AD. Kom El Shuqafa (Esch Chugafa), Alexandria . (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Offering scene with the sacred bull, Apis
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Credit:
Werner Forman / Contributor
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152202852
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Universal Images Group
Date created:
01 January, 1980
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