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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0035
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Stratum III.
1970's : Ram Gophna excavation.Collection unknown
Date : Naqada IIIB–C (?)
General date of occupation at en-Besor.
Material : Limestone (Carved)
Preservation : Complete
Description
Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are not clearly indicated but are suggested by the volume of the pendant. Around the base are two lines referring to the small, protruding rim often present on this type of pendants. The eyes are drilled and inlaid with an unidentified substance.
1978: 6, fig. 5.
1995: fig. 11.18.
References
Gophna, R.
1978
'En Besor: an Egyptian first dynasty staging post in the northern Negev. Expedition 20(4)
, 6, fig. 5.Stager, L. E.
1992
The periodization of Palestine from Neolithic through Early BronzeAge times, in: Ehrich, Robert W. (ed.), Chronologies in Old World Archaeology. Chicago & London
, fig. 7.68.