Sacred Bull
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.
Images (5)
Artifact
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5409
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object
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stage
normalized
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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.
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CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
5
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1671_Fnt_SL_X76.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1671_Fnt_SL_X76.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.1671_Fnt_SL_X76.jpg |
| imageCount | 5 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.1671 |
Terms
Medium
bronze, silver inlay
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