Miniature Bull's Head

1st -2nd century CE

2.7 cm 2.4 cm 2 cm

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This solid-cast bronze head, broken off at the neck, might have been part of a small figurine. Such objects were often deposited in temples or sanctuaries by worshipers as offerings to the gods or buried with the deceased.

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Ahmed [local art dealer], Ta'izz, Yemen; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, 1962, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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en
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1
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Terms

माध्यम
bronze
विधा
Metal amulets

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