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Cow figurine

Hathor cow votive figurine, crudely modelled in reddish-brown ware pottery, coated with red slip or paint. Complete, some damage to legs and one ear/horn. Eyes indicated by round blobs of clay attached to head before firing. Either an offering on its own, or may have been an ornament on the edge of a pottery vessel. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.

Hathor cow votive figurine, crudely modelled in reddish-brown ware pottery, coated with red slip or paint. Complete, some damage to legs and one ear/horn. Eyes indicated by round blobs of clay attached to head before firing. Either an offering on its own, or may have been an ornament on the edge of a pottery vessel. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.

Object Cow figurine
Provenance Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt
Site Mentuhotep II Temple
Period Dynasty XVIII
Material Pottery
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1904.48:14
Copyrights Bolton Council