Bull's head mask

Details

• Title

  Bull's head mask

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Famagusta › Salamis › Salamis-Toumba (place of excavation)

• Date

  Cypro-Archaic Period (c. 750 - c. 475 BC)

• Material and technique

  terracotta

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › mask;

  religious/ritual equipment

• Dimensions

  max. 9.9 cm across ears (width)
  max. 9.4 cm from neck to highest horn (height)
  max. 8.2 cm from nose to highest point of neck (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Cyprus Exploration Fund from excavations in Salamis in 1890.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.552

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