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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0011
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 1620.
1923–1925 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
Date : Naqada IIIC2
Date after contents of tomb, including cylindrical jars of types 50b and 50d (Petrie, W.M.F. 1953. Corpus of Proto-dynastic pottery, pl. IX).
Material : Limestone ("black limestone" (?); carved)
Preservation : Complete
Description
Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are not indicated. The eyes are drilled and there are two lines around the base.
1927: pl. XVII, 32.A3.
Comments
This pendant may have been part of a necklace because a number of beads is mentioned in the tomb register (Brunton 1927: pl. XI.1620). According to the distribution list made by Brunton (1927: 81), the contents of tomb 1620 should be in the Manchester Museum.
