Pendant Bull head PEN-0057
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Pendant – Bull head PEN-0057

By Hendrickx, Stan

Archaeological site unknown.

Before 1936 : Constant W. Scheurleer collection. 1936 : Purchased from Constant W. Scheurleer.

Brussels, Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, E.7126 (S.418 (Scheurleer)).

Date : Naqada II–III (?)

General date of bull's head pendants.

Material : Serpentine (Carved)

Preservation : Complete

Description

Stylised bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are not indicated. The eyes are drilled.

Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Hendrickx 2002: fig. 16.5.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

2

Additional information

References

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

, 286, fig. 16.5.

Digital references

Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 19.11.2022.

Cite this Page

Hendrickx, S. 2023. PEN-0057, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/PEN-0057. retrieved 11 February 2025.

Related person

Lunsingh Scheurleer, Constant Willem

Collector