Professor Darnell
Art History
12/7/17
Assignment 4 The piece of art is the Pendant, Falcon with Ram’s Head. This piece of art is currently at the Louvre in Paris, France. The Pendant, Falcon with Ram’s Head was found in the tomb that belonged to an Apis bull which was a holy being to Egyptians. It was found in the tomb Serapeum of Saqqara and it was found by a man named Auguste Mariette in the years 1851 to 1853 in France. The Pendant, Falcon with Ram’s Head was made from gold, gold leaf, lapis-lazuli, turquoise, and cornaline. The gold that was used in the Pendant, Falcon with Ram’s head was some of the purest gold ever put into jewelry during this time. It was made around the year 1254 B.C.E and has a height of 7.1 cm and a length of 13.7 cm.(David,2017) …show more content…
It was made during Pharaoh Ramses II twenty sixth year being the pharaoh. The Pendant, Falcon with Ram’s head was made as a piece of jewelry but had other uses such as it was made to help with a ritual for the rebirth of the Apis bull. The Apis bull is part of an Egyptian cult and is “The Apis bull was originally viewed as the manifestation of Ptah. The Apis was soon linked to Osiris when Ptah and Osiris merged and so Plutarch described the Apis as the fair and beautiful image of the soul of Osiris. According to one myth the Apis was the living embodiment of Ptah while he lived and Osiris when he