Pendant Bull head PEN-0023

Pendant – Bull head PEN-0023

By Hendrickx, Stan

Nubia, Shellal
, Cemetery 7, Tomb 317.
1907–1908 : Archaeological Survey of Nubia excavation.

Aswan, Nubian Museum, 180.

Date : Naqada IIIA1–IIIB

Dated after the description by Reisner (1910: 23).

Material : Steatite (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are clearly indicated and do not touch at their ends. Around the base is a small, protruding rim. The eyes are inlaid with limestone disc beads, their centre filled with black paste.

Reisner 1910: pl. 70a.7.

References

Reisner, G. A.

1910

The archaeological survey of Nubia: report for 1907–1908. Vol. I: Archaeological report. Cairo

, I: 23, II: pl. 70a.7.

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. 23.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0023, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0023. retrieved 10 January 2025.

Related person

Reisner, George Andrew

Excavation director