List of Apis bulls


This is a list of the Apis bulls of Ancient Egypt, worshipped at Memphis and buried in the Serapeum of Saqqara. All the bulls were called Apis, but they were differentiated by naming the cow that bore them.
MotherDate of birthDate of deathBirthplaceNotes
Tawere321 BCJuly 299 BC-Burial funded by Ptolemy I.
Wadjetiti299 BC17 December 281 BCTa-ouba-ta-may, Heliopolis
Unknown281 BC255 BCUnknownExample
Trenenutet I255 BC231 BCSais
Gerege I231 BC210 BCHout-, MemphisAlternatively dated 232–210 BC
Ta-amun II Mutiiti210 BC7 December 187 BCPerkha, Thebaid
Trenenutet II19 January 186 BC7 April 164 BCDamanhur, SaisEnthroned 29 October 185 BC. Especially patronised by Ptolemy VI who was born in the same year as this bull and was referred to as "twin of the living Apis upon their birth-brick."
Tahor164 BC21 July 143 BCPagereghor, AthribisPtolemy VIII's titulature closely associated him with this bull.
Gerege II18 February 142 BC8 September 119 BCTemple of Ptah, MemphisClosely associated with Ptolemy IX, who was born in the same year as this bull and was referred to as "distinguished in his birth together with that of the living Apis."
Gerege III119 BC11 June 96 BCPahetep, HeliopolisNot buried until 86 BC.
Taamun III Ta-igesh96 BC27 October 75 BCOxyrhynchus
Tabastet75 BCafter 50 BCPagereghor, Cynopolis
Tapihy or Taihyafter 50 BC-UnknownPerhaps the Apis bull at the time of the Roman conquest