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Figure of a bull

Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Tanis (San el-Hagar)

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions Height x width: 7.7 x 12.4 cm (3 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.192
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionWhite limestone figure of a bull. It is modeled in the round. Pieces are missing from the head and from the hind legs. There is an irregular fracture below.
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)