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English: So-called “Brancaccio Bull”: the bull-god Apis holding the solar disk and the uraeus. Granodiorite, Egyptian artwork from the Ptolemaic Era (2nd century BC), brought to Rome in the Imperial Era.
Français : Taureau Brancaccio : le taureau Apis en marche, portant le disque solaire et l'uræus. Granodiorite, œuvre égyptienne de l'époque ptolémaïque (IIe siècle av. J.-C.), apporté à Rome sous l'ère impériale. Provenance : jardins de Mécène sur l'Esquilin.
Italiano: Cosidetto “torello Brancaccio”: il torello Api gradiente con disco solare ed ureo sul capo. Granodiorite nera, opera egiziana dell'età tolemaica (II sec. a.C.), portato a Roma in età imperiale. Dagli Horti Mæcenatiani sull'Esquilino, 1886.
institution QS:P195,Q1816007
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Inv. 182.594
Credit line Found in 1886 in the area of the Horti Mæcenatiani, on the Esquiline Hill; Brancaccio Collection; purchase, 1970
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006)
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