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Source Description
Bulls with a silver triangle between their horns have been found in central Anatolian royal burials. The collar and holes for a nose ring suggest that the animal may have been harnessed to a god's chariot.
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Document identity
localId
5409
label
Sacred Bull
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
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5409
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sacred Bull
description
Bulls with a silver triangle between their horns have been found in central Anatolian royal burials. The collar and holes for a nose ring suggest that the animal may have been harnessed to a god's chariot.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [with so-called Yugo-Slavian hoard], New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 4th-3rd millennium BCE (Bronze Age)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
figurines
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
10.6
depth
4.1
dimensionsRaw
2 13/16 x 4 3/16 x 1 5/8 in. (7.2 x 10.6 x 4.1 cm)
Source extras
med
bronze, silver inlay
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2190
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
2672
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