Dumbarton Oaks - Bull with an Inscription in its Flank

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Bull with an Inscription in its Flank

Early Byzantine
4th century
3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
gilt bronze
BZ.1957.3

Not on view

Permalink: http://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/36676

Additional Images

Three-quarter view

Profile, proper right

Profile, proper left

Bibliography

Cf. A. Roes, "Un bronze d'Asie Mineure au Musée Britannique," Syria, XXVII, 1950, pp. 221-228.

M. Ross, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, Glyptics, Painting, Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Vol. I, (Washington, DC, 1962), p. 49, no. 54, Pl. XXXVIII.

Acquisition History

Formerly in the collection of Thomas Whittemore, Boston and Istanbul.

Purchased from Whittemore estate, 1957.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.

Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023