Cow skull and horns decorated with paint
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBone; horn
DimensionsLength of skull: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
Length of horns 45.5 cm and 48.5 cm.
Length of horns 45.5 cm and 48.5 cm.
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number03.1960
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.
2400–1550 B.C.
800–780 B.C.
about 2400–2050 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
698–690 B.C.
743–712 B.C.
860–840 B.C.
800–780 B.C.