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Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0001
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb B378B.
1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1896-1908 E.E.34.
Date : Naqada II (IIC–IID ?)
No associated objects from tomb B378B. Tomb B378 was dated by Petrie to SD52 (= Naqada IIC–IID ?)
Material : Serpentine, Ostrich eggshell (Carved)
Preservation : Complete
Description
Stylized bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are clearly marked and touch at the ends. Around the base is a small, protruding rim.
Decoration
The eyes are drilled and inlaid with eggshell discs.
1993: fig. 72, no. 1713.
Comments
This pendant was found together with four tubular calcite beads and several disc beads carved in garnet and blue-glazed quartz (and/or chalcedony). They may originally have formed a necklace but no details are mentioned in the excavation report.
