Pendant Bull head PEN-0031
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0031

By Hendrickx, Stan

Abydos

, Osiris temple, level 177.

1902–1903 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IIIC–IIID (?)

General date of the find context of the early Osiris temple.

Material : Stone, undefined (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are not indicated but their curved shape is suggested by the outline of the pendant. The eyes are drilled.

Petrie 1903: pl. XIV.281.

References

Petrie, W. M. F.

1903

Abydos: Part II. Egypt Exploration Fund 24. London

, 30, pl. XIV.281.
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. 31.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0031, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0031. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

Excavation director