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Pendant – Bull head, part of a necklace PEN-0129
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb 4d2.
1905–1906 : Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft excavation.Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 19266.
Date : Naqada IIC-IIIB
The published description of the contents of the tomb only allows to date it broadly to Naqada IIC–IIIB.
Preservation : Complete
Description
Stylized bull's head amulet with a horizontal perforation at the back. The horns are clearly marked and (almost ?) touch at the ends. Around the base is a small, protruding rim. The eyes are drilled.
1926: Tf. 36, no. 371.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
1.2
Additional information
Comments
This pendant was found together with a large number of beads. They originally formed a necklace including two bull head pendants (PEN-0004; Berlin 19266, Scharff 1926: 61, no. 400).
