Pendant – Bull head PEN-0020
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb N1788.
1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation.Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1895.908.
Date : Naqada IC–IIB (?)
Petrie SD 36–46 (= Naqada IC–IIB ?).
Material : Elephant ivory (Carved)
Preservation : Complete
Preservation information :
Inlay of one eye missing.
Description
Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are partially separated from the head. The extremities of the horns are not clearly indicated. The eyes are drilled as small holes that seem to be filled with black paste.
Dimensions (cm)
4.9
4.3
1.9
Additional information
Comments
Tomb N1788 was described as the tomb of a child by the excavator. Only one pendant is mentioned in the handwritten excavation record.
References
1894–1895
Unpublished manuscript excavation Notebook [no. 138: Naqada Great Cemetery (tombs N1535–N1585, N1700–N1729, N1760–N1854, with gaps), Nubt (foundation deposists), South Town (tombs, temple), accounting]. Petrie Museum, UCL
, 25.1896
Naqada and Ballas, 1895. Egyptian Research Account 1. London
, pl. LXI.4.1987
Elfenbein im alten Ägypten: Leihgaben aus dem Petrie-Museum London. Sonderausstellung des Kestner-Museums Hannover vom 15. Januar bis 31. Mai 1987. Hannover
, 46, no. 49.