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Çatalhöyük Culture
7500 BC - 5700 BC
Neolithic+Near East
Wild bull horns on pillars in Building 77 at Çatalhöyük site.
Category: SculptureLocation: ÇatalhöyükAttribution: Jason Quinlan
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Http://www.catalhoyuk.comCollection: N/A
Naqada culture
4400 BC - 3000 BC
Neolithic+Egypt
3500- 3100BC, Naqada II-Naqada III Period.
Although described as a bull, it is also possible it is an elephant.
Category: SculptureMaterial: IvoryDimensions: 4.9 x 4.7 cmLocation: NaqadaAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Reference: 35.1270Collection: Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Uruk period
4000 BC - 2900 BC
Neolithic+Near East
Ancient+Mesopotamia
Egg shaped stone jar with flat base; carved with two lions attacking bulls, with a scale pattern in 3 rows indicating the ground below; the neck is lost; two holes drilled opposite one another in the shoulder suggest that the jar may have been suspended.Rim and neck broken off.(BM)Late Uruk
Category: SculptureMaterial: GraniteDimensions: H 13.3cm Dia 8.25cmAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: 128886Collection: The British Museum
Uruk period
4000 BC - 2900 BC
Neolithic+Near East
Ancient+Mesopotamia
Limestone cult vessel; miniature vase, supported by the figures of two lions cut in high relief which are attacking a bull.(BM) Warka, Late Uruk
Category: SculptureMaterial: LimestoneDimensions: H 14.2cmAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Reference: 118361Collection: The British Museum
Sumer
2900 BC - 2124 BC
Ancient+Mesopotamia
Copper alloy head of a young bull, broken from a relief; head complete, partly filled with bitumen, copper alloy fastening nail through the back of the neck; ears complete, eyes and muzzle clearly modelled; crescent in low relief on the forehead.
Excavated/Findspot: Tell Al-\\Ubaid, Temple of Ninhursag.(BM)
Category: SculptureMaterial: Copper alloy, bitumenDimensions: L 11.43 cm W 13.97cm WT 1278 gmAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Reference: 118015Collection: N/A
Neo-Palatial Minoan
1750 BC - 1500 BC
Ancient+Greece
This vase is a type of rhyton, or libation vase. The offering was poured through the hole in the animals muzzle. The vase was filled either by immersion in a large container or through the hole on the head. Using the principle of the siphon, liquid would not flow out as long as the opening at the top was closed with the thumb.
Category: SculptureMaterial: TerracottaLocation: CreteAttribution: New York Met
Licence: CC0 1.0[🡭]Reference: 1973.35Collection: New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Post-Palatial Minoan
1500 BC - 1170 BC
Ancient+Greece
Found in Zakros, Central Sanctuary Complex
Collection: Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Category: SculptureYear: 1500 BCLocation: CreteAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain DedicationCollection: N/A
Greek Dark Ages
1150 BC - 700 BC
Ancient+Greece
Bronze Bull Figure from the Geometric Period / style 900 - 700 BC.
Category: SculptureYear: 900 BCMaterial: BronzeDimensions: H3.8cmAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: BM 1966,0328.11Collection: The British Museum
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