Bull's head, fragment of a bull statuette

Details

• Title

  Bull's head, fragment of a bull statuette

• 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

  sculpture › figure › votive figure;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  max. 10.2 cm from lowest neck point to tip of right horn (height)
  max. 7.6 cm from muzzle to lowest preserved point of neck (length)
  max. 9.4 cm left ear to widest pres. part of head (width)

• 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.569

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