Tête de taureau

Nemours (77) - Musée départemental de préhistoire d'Ile-de-France

© C. Bell, Ville de Troyes

Incomplete object This is a bull's head surmounted by two long horns of round section each ending in a loop. The round muzzle is deeply engraved on the nasal area. The mouth is open, slightly slanted. On the top of the skull, two double engraved lines converge from the eyes to the neck ring. The horns are arranged in a slightly asymmetrical way. Landier ? (1st century BC)

Where to find it

Nemours (77) - Musée départemental de préhistoire d'Ile-de-France
48 avenue Etienne Dailly

77140 Nemours
Varennes-sur-Seine

Locality

Le Marais du Pont

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1992

Chief Scientist

SEGUIER, Jean-Marc

Inventory number

0052

Scope

Daily life ➔ Comfort
Religion ➔ Religious object

Materials

Metal ➔ Copper alloy

Chronological period

Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Iron Age [- 800/ - 50] ➔ 2nd Iron Age [- 480/ - 50]

Dimensions

H. 6 cm,

Operation report notice

Consult the notice

To museum documentation

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