Bull -head protomas

Bull -head protomas

Description:

Bull -headprotomes The funnel -shaped vessels, which served above all to the cult, go back to Cretan role models, the protomas - mostly in bull's head - are characteristic for Cyprus.A similar funnel with sieve found in a Votive depot in Minet-El-Beida is today in Paris.a.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999


Dm. (Mündung) 6 cm, Dm. (Standring) 2,4 cm: L/H 26,1 × B 16,8 × D 9,9 cm

Period:

Late Bronze Age I

Date:

1625 - 1450 BC

Collection:

Vienna Museum

Provenance:

Ludolf, Graf, Emmanuel, Madrid;1879 gift

Accession Number:

Antikensammlung, IV 1535