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 | Apis (Egyptian bull deity) | |
| Note: In ancient Egyptian religion, sacred bull deity worshipped at Memphis. The cult of Apis originated at least as early as the 1st dynasty (ca. 2925–ca. 2775 BCE). Like other bull deities, Apis was probably at first a fertility god concerned with the propagation of grain and herds, but he became associated with Ptah, the paramount deity of the Memphite area, and also with Osiris (as User-Hapi) and Sokaris, gods of the dead and of the underworld. As Apis-Atum he was associated with the solar cult and was often represented with the sun-disk between his horns. Much of what is known about Apis comes from Greco-Roman writers. He was black and white and distinguished by special markings. | |
Display Date: originated ca. 2925–ca. 2775 BCE
Names:
| Apis (Egyptian bull deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N) |
| Apis (Egyptian bull deity) (Greek (transliterated),U,N) |
| Hap (Egyptian bull deity) (Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U,N) |
| Hep (Egyptian bull deity) (Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U,N) |
| Hapi (Egyptian bull deity) (Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U,N) |
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Related Iconography:
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associated with .... Serapis |
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..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Serapis (Greco-Egyptian deity)) [901002084] |
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located in .... Memphis |
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.....(Giza, Egypt, Africa) (TGN) |
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role/characteristic is .... deity |
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.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
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culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture) |
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.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
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takes the form of .... bull (animal) |
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.....(mammals by sex or age, Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
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