MAKE A MEME View Large Image South Arabian - Bull's Head Protoma - Walters 2140 - Three Quarter.jpg The flat layer of plaster on the back of this object suggests that it was originally attached to a stela Bulls were associated with renewal throughout much of South ...
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Keywords: South Arabian - Bull's Head Protoma - Walters 2140 - Three Quarter.jpg The flat layer of plaster on the back of this object suggests that it was originally attached to a stela Bulls were associated with renewal throughout much of South Arabia and the motif appears frequently on stelae found in cemeteries The circles of hair around the horns and the triangular patch of hair on the forehead are characteristic attributes of South Arabian bull figures century 2 BC - century 2 AD calcite-alabaster plaster cm 13 2 10 8 6 4 accession number 21 40 76479 Sotheby's London between 1963 and 1971 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore between 1963 and 1971 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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