Pendant Bull head PEN-0015
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0015

By Hendrickx, Stan

Matmar

, Tomb 236.

1929–1931 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IIIA2

Dated after tomb contents (Brunton 1948: pl. XX).

Material : Amethyst (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are hardly indicated and the extremities are not rounded. The eyes are not indicated.

Brunton 1948: pl. XXII.31.

References

Brunton, G.

1948

Matmar. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt, 1929–1931. London

, pl. XXII.31.
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. 15.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0015, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0015. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Brunton, Guy

Excavation director