Text, 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