Pendant Bull head PEN-0029
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0029

By Hendrickx, Stan

Abydos

, Osiris temple.

1902 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada III

Early Dynastic (?) based on the provenance from the early temple at Abydos.

Material : Serpentine (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are indicated but the published drawing (Petrie 1902: pl. LI.4) does not allow to recognise their shape. Around the base is a line referring to the small, protruding rim often present on this type of pendants.

Petrie 1902: pl. LI.4.

References

Petrie, W. M. F.

1902

Abydos: Part I. Egypt Exploration Fund 22. London

, 23, pl. LI.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. 29.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0029, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0029. retrieved 10 January 2025.

Related person

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

Excavation director