Pendant Bull head PEN-0033

Pendant – Bull head PEN-0033

By Hendrickx, Stan

Hierakonpolis
, Nekhen town, temple enclosure, Main Deposit.
1898–1899 : Egyptian Research Account excavation.

London, Petrie Museum, UC 15002.

Date : Naqada IIIC–D (?)

Probably Naqada IIIC–D because of provenance from Main Deposit.

Material : Limestone (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

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

Patch 2011: no. 52.

Petrie Museum : Online catalogue.

Adams 1974: no. 110.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

6.4

Width :

6.3

Thickness :

3.2

Additional information

References

Quibell, J. E. ; Green, F. W.

1902

Hierakonpolis II. Egyptian Research Account Memoir 5. London

, pl. XLVIIIb.

Adams, B.

1974

Ancient Hierakonpolis. Warminster

, 22, no. 110, pl. 15, 17.

Hoffman, M. A. ; Stanton, E. B. ; Willoughby, K. L.

1988

The first Egyptians: an exhibition organized by McKissick Museum and the Earth Sciences and Ressources Institute of the University of South Carolina. Columbia SC

, 83, no. 71.

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. 33.

Patch, D. C.

(ed.).

2011

Dawn of Egyptian art. New York

, no. 52.