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Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0014
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb U379.
1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.London, Petrie Museum, UC 10835.
Date : Naqada IIIA1–IIIA2
Dated after description of tomb U379 in Petrie & Mace (1901: 34).
Material : Bone (Carved)
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. The eyes are drilled on the surface, resembling disc beads.
1987: Abb. 4 (detail).
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
1988: 82, fig. 70
1988: 82, fig. 70 (detail).
1987: Abb. 4.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
2.15
Additional information
References
Petrie, W. M. F.
1901
Diospolis Parva: the cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu. Egypt Exploration Fund Memoir 20. London
, 34.Hoffman, M. A. ; Stanton, E. B. ; Willoughby, K. L.
1988
The first Egyptians: an exhibition organized by McKissick Museum and the Earth Sciences and Ressources Institute of the University of South Carolina. Columbia SC
, 82, no. 70.
