Pendant Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0009
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Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0009

By Hendrickx, Stan

Gerzeh

, Tomb 229.

1910–1911 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.

Glasgow, Hunterian Museum, D.1912.50/2.

Date : Naqada IID–IIIA1

Date after Stevenson 2009: 292.

Material : Stone, undefined (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are indicated.

Hunterian Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Petrie, Wainwright & Mackay 1912: pl. V.

Comments

This pendant was found together with a large number of other beads in faience, carnelian, garnet, steatite and other stones (Stevenson 2009: 328, ms 207), which forme one of two necklaces that were found in tomb 229. The material is not identified, but the pendant seems to be carved out of stone.

References

Petrie, W. M. F. ; Wainwright, G. A. ; Mackay, E. J. H.

1912

The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazguneh. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egypt Research Account 21, 18th year, 1912. London

, pl. V.
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

, 308, app. F, no. 9.
Stevenson, A.

2009

The Predynastic Egyptian cemetery of el-Gerzeh: social identities and mortuary practices. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 186. Leuven

, 328, ms 207.

Digital references

Hunterian Museum

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 10.05.2009.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0009, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0009. retrieved 10 January 2025.

Related person

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

Excavation director