Pendant Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0012
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Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0012

By Hendrickx, Stan

Hammamiya

, Tomb 1629.

1923–1924 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.

London, Petrie Museum, UC 9587.

Date : Naqada II

Dated SD 44–60 (= Naqada II) by Brunton & Caton-Thompson (1928: pl. XXXI).

Material : Limestone (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: pl. XLIX.
Petrie Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Comments

This pendant is part of a necklace with beads made of lapis lazuli, carnelian, limestone, ??? as well as shells and an obsidian flake. Tomb 1629 contained three other necklaces; all were found in situ (Brunton & Caton-Thompson 1928: 50).

References

Brunton, G. ; Caton-Thompson, G.

1928

The Badarian civilisation and predynastic remains near Badari. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 46, 30th year, 1924. London

, pl. XLIX.
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. 12.

Digital references

Petrie Museum

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 07.04.2009.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0012, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0012. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Brunton, Guy

Excavation director

Caton-Thompson, Gertrude

Excavator