Statuette of a Bull

1st century BCE-2nd century CE

4.1 cm 8.8 cm 11 cm

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The small figure of a young bull, which has lost its horns, may have served as a burial object. The evident youth of the animal may be related to its associations with renewal. Similar bull statuettes have been excavated at Marib.

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Sale, Sotheby's, London, October 19, 1970, lot 96; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, October 19, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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