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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.249
Title
Head of a Bull
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, head
Date
c. 500 BCE-200 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Ptolemaic period
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288283

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
actual: 19.05 cm (7 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.249
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 300, fig. 191, p. 364, 366

Verification Level

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