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Painted cow skull (bucranium)
Nubian (Pan-Grave)
Pan-Grave Period
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bone and pigment
Dimensions
Height x width: 16 x 116 cm (6 5/16 x 45 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Emily Esther Sears Fund
Accession Number03.1957
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsOrganic remains
DescriptionThis portion of the crown and the two horns of a cow skull is decorated with red pigment and some traces of black. Red covers much of the horns, plus a line across apex of the remaining crown, while dots cover surrounding area.
ProvenanceSaid to be from Khizam (near Luxor). 1903: purchased for the MFA from Mohamed Mohassib, Luxor, Egypt by Albert M. Lythgoe as part of a group (03.1956, 03.1957, 03.1960, RES.03.8-RES.03.10) for £3.
(Accession Date: September 22, 1993)
(Accession Date: September 22, 1993)