Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0002
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 60 d 7.
1905–1906 : Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft excavation.Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 18663.
Date : Naqada II–III
General range for the production of bulll's head pendants. There is insufficient information about the tomb context to offer a more precise date.
Material : Limestone, Malachite (Carved)
Preservation : Intact
Description
Stylized bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are clearly marked and almost touch at the ends. Around the base is a small, protruding rim.
Decoration
The eyes are drilled and inlaid with malachite disc beads.
Dimensions (cm)
4.5
4
Additional information
Comments
This pendant was part of a necklace with beads made of carnelian, rock crystal, faience and amethyst (Berlin ÄM 18671, Scharff 1926: 61, no. 390).
References
1926
Die archäologischen Ergebnisse des vorgeschichtlichen Gräberfeldes von Abusir el-Meleq. Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft auf dem Vorgeschichtlichen Gräberfeld von Abusir el-Meleq 1. Leipzig
, 57, no. 369.(ed.).
1967
Ägyptisches Museum Berlin: [im] Östlicher Stülerbau am Schloss Charlottenburg. Berlin
, 13, no. 85.2000
Am Beginn der Zeit: Ägypten in der Vor- und Frühzeit. Schriften aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung 9. München
, 60, no. 118.
