Votive Bull

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Title
Votive Bull
Inventory Number
A0082
Description
Standing bull with area between legs at front and under belly solid; between legs at rear tail brought down as support continuing into rectangular base. Haunches and shoulders well modeled; chest marked by shallowly undulating line pinched to thick apex with shallow diagonal incision marking folds of flesh; triangular ears, incised brows and eyes; traces of nostril incision on left side. Small genitalia and fetlocks above hooves modeled.
State of Preservation
Most of muzzle and both ears chipped off; chipping around lower edge of base, heaviest at front.
Height
14.0 cm
Base Diameter
6.37 cm
Length
21.3 cm
Width
6.37 cm
Color
Clay body 10R 4/6 (red); mottled on left side 10R 3/1 (dark reddish gray).
Type
terracotta
Material
fired clay

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