Painted cow skull (bucranium)
1700–1550 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBone
DimensionsHeight x width: 36 x 56 cm (14 3/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number03.1956
On View
Not on viewClassificationsOrganic remains
Collections
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: March 23, 1992)
(Accession date: March 23, 1992)
about 1700–1550 B.C.
698–690 B.C.
743–712 B.C.
860–840 B.C.
800–780 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
1700–1550 B.C.
2040–1060 B.C.
743–712 B.C.