Pendant Bull head PEN-0025
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0025

By Hendrickx, Stan

Tarkhan

, Valley Cemetery, Tomb 1256.

1912–1913 : British School of Archaeology in Egypt excavation.

London, Petrie Museum, UC15236.

Date : Naqada IIIA1–IIID

Dated after the general date of the Tarkhan cemetery, No details are available for tomb 1256.

Material : Serpentine (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Petrie Museum : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

1.4

Width :

1.3

Additional information

References

Petrie, W. M. F.

1914

Amulets. London

, 44, pl. XXXVIII, 212d.
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. 25.

Digital references

Petrie Museum

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 26.06.2008.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0025, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0025. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

Related person

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

Excavation director