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Votive bull
Greek
Classical Period
about 450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x length: 6.5 x 8.7 cm (2 9/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Elie Borowski
Accession Number67.743
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 058; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 119 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe inscription on the right side runs from the tail to the head: (Greek inscription to be added ). On the left side it runs from the shoulder to the tail: (Greek inscription to be added). Tail and perhaps the ends of the horns missing. Surfaces worn down and corroded. Greenish, brown patina.
InscriptionsOn the right side it runs from the tail to
the head:
HIROSTOPADAOIS
On the left side it runs from the
shoulder to the tail:
ONIPPO
ΗΙRΟΣΤΟΠΑΔΑΟΙΣ
ΟΝΙΠΠΟ
the head:
HIROSTOPADAOIS
On the left side it runs from the
shoulder to the tail:
ONIPPO
ΗΙRΟΣΤΟΠΑΔΑΟΙΣ
ΟΝΙΠΠΟ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Dr. Elie Borowski, Angensteinerstrasse 7, Basel, Switzerland (said to come from the Kabeirion, Thebes); gift of Dr. Elie Borowski to MFA, June 28, 1967