Pendant Bull head PEN-0028
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0028

By Hendrickx, Stan

Hierakonpolis

, Nekhen town, 10N5W, level 3.

1984 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.

Egypt.

Date : Naqada II–IIIA2

After the stratigraphy of Nekhen developed by M. Hoffman.

Material : Serpentine (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Hoffman 1984: 321, fig. 1.4.

References

Hoffman, M. A.

1989

A stratified predynastic sequence from Hierakonpolis (Upper Egypt), in: Krzyżaniak, Lech; Kobusiewicz, Michał (eds), Late prehistory of the Nile basin and the Sahara. Studies in African Archaeology 2. Poznań

, 321, fig. 1.4.
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

, 309, app. F, no. 28.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0028, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0028. retrieved 10 January 2025.

Related person

Hoffman, Michael A.

Excavation director