Pendant Bull head PEN-0019
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0019

By Hendrickx, Stan

Minshat Abu Omar

, Tomb of a child.

1978–1990 : Staatliche Sammlungen Ägyptischer Kunst München excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada III (?)

Suggested date after the general characteristics of Minshat Abu Omar cemetery.

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are clearly marked and touch at the ends. Around the base is a small, protruding rim. The eyes are drilled.

Kroeper & Wildung 1985: 90, fig. 308.

Comments

Several examples have been found at Minshat Abu Omar (no details have been published yet), all in tombs of children.

References

Kroeper, K. ; Wildung, D.

1985

Minshat Abu Omar: Münchner Ostdelta - Expedition. Vorbericht 1978–1984. Schriften aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung 3. München

, 90, fig. 308.
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. 19.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0019, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0019. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Wildung, Dietrich

Excavation director

Kroeper, Karla

Kroeper, Karla

Excavator