Figurine (Bull), Fat globular body with wide tubular mouth opening; pierced holes for eyes and nostrils, two horns (one broken off); four legs with knees, hocks and cloven hoof indicated. Tail an extension of ridge along back, ridge has one lug hole; male sex indicated. Incised linear decoration flanking ridge and around neck.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Verbatim coll. place:
Boisse Collection
Culture or time period:
Early Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 2300–1900 BC) and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection date:
March 6, 1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972), and S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978)