2. Gallery Index
  3. 2015 Museums
  4. European Museums
  5. The British Museum

Stela of Domitian, double feather crown of the Buchis bull

European Museums, The British Museum

Solar disc between horns of the Buchis Bull on the stela of Domitian

Stela of Domitian

The Roman Emperor Domitian, depicted like a true Egyptian king, burns incense and pours libations before a Buchis bull. This was the sacred animal of the war god Montu in the southern town of Armant.

Each new Buchis bull had to have a white body and black face. After its ceremonial life had come to an end, it would be entombed in underground catacombs, known as the Bucheum. The inscription records a great festival that marked the burial of a deceased bull or the installation of a new one.

Roman Period, reign of Domitian (81 - 96 A.D.)

From Armant, Bucheum

Sandstone

Supplementary images:

Solar disc between horns of the Buchis Bull on the stela of Domitian
Taken on  Saturday 15th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Genre:  81 - 96 A.D.
Source:  London, United Kingdom
Would you like to explore the origin of Christ’s cross?
Click here: thesimpleanswers.com/the-true-cross/