Pendant Bull head, part of a necklace or bracelet PEN-0008
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Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace or bracelet PEN-0008

By Hendrickx, Stan

Nubia, Debod

, Cemetery 23, Tomb 47.

1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IIIA–IIIB

Date after description of cemetery and tomb by Reisner (1910).

Material : Stone, undefined

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised 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.

Reisner 1910: II, pl. 70a.13.

Comments

This pendant was found together with nine disc beads of unknown material. They may originally have formed a necklace or bracelet but no details are mentioned in the excavation report.

References

Reisner, G. A.

1910

The archaeological survey of Nubia: report for 1907–1908. Vol. I: Archaeological report. Cairo

, I: 158; II: pl. 70a.13.
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. 8.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0008, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0008. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Reisner, George Andrew

Excavation director