Hittite Copper Head of a Bull

An ancient Hittite copper alloy head of a bull with long horns, outlined eyes, recessed for inlay, short snout and flaring nostrils; perhaps from a standard or a cult image.

Anatolia.
Ca. 1700- 1400 BC.
Height: 4 in. (11 cm).
cf.: O. Muscarella, ed., Ladders to Heaven, Art Treasures form the Lands of the Bible, (Toronto, 1981), no. 125.
Formerly in the George Ortiz collection, Switzerland, prior to 1985.
Inv#: 9087
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