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| Keywords: Apis Bull - Walters 481747 - View B.jpg This pendant shows the head of a lion on one side and the head of a bull with a sun disk on the other side It may have been a variation of amulets which displays two combined lions who represents the horizon This variation adds the idea of the holy Apis bull who was particularly worshipped in the Late and Greco-Roman Periods between 664 332 BC Late Period Egyptian faience with green glaze cm 0 96 1 9 0 2 accession number 48 1747 5134 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Apis amulets Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
