Pendant Bull head PEN-0022
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0022

By Hendrickx, Stan

Naqa ed-Deir

, Tomb 3031 (cemetery 3000, Tomb 31).

1901–1902 : Hearst Egyptian Expedition excavation.

Berkeley, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 6-1010.

Date : Naqada IIID

Dated to the Second dynasty by Reisner (1908: 75–77).

Material : Limestone (Carved)

Preservation : Almost complete

Preservation information :

According to Reisner (1908:  76, no. 13a), "The eyes are two bored out pits containing each a small limestone ring set in with cement." These are no longer present.

Description

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

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley ed. : Online catalogue.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley : Online catalogue.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley : Online catalogue.

References

Reisner, G. A.

1908

The Early Dynastic cemeteries at Naqa-ed-Dêr: part I. University of California Publications: Egyptian Archaeology 2. Leipzig

, 76, pl. 73c.
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. 22.

Digital references

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 18.09.2018.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0022, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0022. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Reisner, George Andrew

Excavation director