Found at Sibari, Cantiere di Casa Bianca, on the site of the Greek city of Thurii (Pleiades), in a Roman-period sanctuary of Isis, in a 1st c. CE context. The earlier object may have been reused to represent the Apis bull.
Originally produced in the late 5th-early 4th c. BCE, possibly modified in the 1st c. CE.
Sibari, Museo Nazionale Archeologico della Sibaritide, Inv. 144007
Photographed on display in the exhibition "Il Nilo a Pompeii: visioni d'Egitto nel mondo romano" (The Nile at Pompeii: visions of Egypt in the Roman world) at the Museo Egizio in Torino, Piemonte, Italy, March 5 to September 4 (extended to October 2), 2016.
Tags: Turin Torino Egyptian Egypt Egitto museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Italy Italia pleiades:findspot=452457 Sybaris Sibari Thurii Copia Σύβαρις bull toro bronze bronzo 5th c. BCE 4th c. BCE late 5th c. BCE early 4th c. BCE 4th quarter 5th c. BCE 1st quarter 4th c. BCE 1st c. CE 1st half 1st c. CE Isis Iside sanctuary santuario Roman romano römisch romain Ρωμαϊκός Римская Roma Museo Egizio