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Source Description
This head of a bull may have belonged to a small figurine of an Apis bull, which may have been an amulet pendant or a small ritual statuette. The head was mounted as an earring in modern times but it is unlikely that it was originally part of an earring.
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Document identity
localId
39092
label
Bull's Head
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
39092
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bull's Head
description
This head of a bull may have belonged to a small figurine of an Apis bull, which may have been an amulet pendant or a small ritual statuette. The head was mounted as an earring in modern times but it is unlikely that it was originally part of an earring.
provenance
Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, London, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Carmichael sale, Sotheby's, London, June 1926, p. 22, no. 234 (20); Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1926, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1550-1185 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
figurines
amulet-pendants
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.2
height
0.7
depth
1.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 7/16 x W: 1/4 x D: 11/16 in. (1.18 x 0.7 x 1.81 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th-19th Dynasty
med
carnelian
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6182
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EGY
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none
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