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Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
This bull's head - termed a boukranion - is flat on the back except for a loop. The purpose is unknown; terracotta boukrania were used as coffin ornaments at Naukratis, a Greek-Egyptian emporium in the Egyptian western Delta, and metal ones are used as appliqués in Greek culture.
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Title: Bull's head
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: cupreous metal
Dimensions: H. 2.3 × W. 1.6 × D. 0.8 cm (7/8 × 5/8 × 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Number: 10.130.1338
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