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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0040
By Hendrickx, Stan
Archaeological site unknown.
1900 : Bought in Egypt.Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 14964.
Date : Naqada II–III (?)
General range of production of bull's head pendants.
Material : Ivory (undefined) (Carved)
Preservation : Complete
Description
Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are clearly indicated and partially separated from the head. The extremities are rather far from each other. Around the base is a line referring to the small, protruding rim often present on this type of pendants. The eyes are drilled on the surface, resembling disc beads.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
2000: no. 117.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
3.6
Width :
3.7
Additional information
References
Scharff, A.
1929
Die Altertümer der Vor- und Frühzeit Ägyptens II: Bestattungen, Kunst, Amulette und Schmuck. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Mitteilungen aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung V. Berlin
, 93–94, no. 130.Kaiser, W.
(ed.).
1967
Ägyptisches Museum Berlin: [im] Östlicher Stülerbau am Schloss Charlottenburg. Berlin
, 13, no. 86.