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 View CategoriesHome > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Antiquities| > AS58663Greek, Bronze Votive Bovine Amulet, Geometric, c. 7th - 6th Century B.C. Geometric bronze animal figures were popular votive offerings from the mid to late 8th century B.C. in a number of Greek sanctuaries, notably at Olympia. Bronze bulls were probably symbolically offered in place of actual animals.
AS58663. Greek Bronze Votive Bovine Amulet; cf. MFA Bronzes p. 19, fig. 18, Choice, c. 7th - 6th Century B.C.; 2.2 cm long, 2 cm high; humped bull (zebu?) with long horns; from an American private collection, from Alex G. Malloy (July 1992); SOLD
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