Pendant Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0005
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Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0005

By Hendrickx, Stan

Abusir el-Meleq

, Tomb C.

1905–1906 : Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft excavation.

Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 19617.

Date : Naqada IIIA2

Tomb C can be dated Naqada IIIA2 because of the presence of Wavy-handled jars with net painting (Petrie W62).

Material : Limestone (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylized bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. No illustration of this artefact has been published.

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Dimensions (cm)

Height :

2.4

Width :

2

Additional information

Comments

This pendant is part of a necklace with beads made of carnelian, different stones, and faience, as well as shells (Scharff 1926: 62, no. 424).

References

Scharff, A.

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. 372.
Hendrickx, S.

2002

Bovines in Egyptian predynastic and early dynastic iconography, in: Hassan, Fekri A. (ed.), Drought, food and culture: ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory. New York & London

, 307, app. F, no. 5.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0005, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0005. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Möller, Georg

Excavation director

Scharff, Alexander

Excavator