Ox figurine head

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 10315

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Late Bronze Age (Mycenaean)

Date

1400-1300 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.044 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 2, Νο 18

Description
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Head and part of the neck of a handmade ox figurine. Its precise find location on the Acropolis is not known. Its horns are pointy and the long snout rounded. The animal’s characteristics are accentuated with brown-black lines and dots.

Ox figurines of this type are frequently retrieved at sanctuaries and are considered to symbolise fertility and agricultural life. On the Acropolis they were most possibly dedications made by individuals to the Mycenean fertility goddess, perhaps Athena.

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