Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (ANET)
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Terracotta: AN1912.622
Object: Bovid (?)
Period: Bronze Age:
Dimensions: L: 10.8cm.
Region: Canaan
Find Spot: Gezer
Description: handmodelled; baked clay; buff core with creamslip; hollow-bodied animal, legs missing and rump damaged; the hollow head is like a spout opening at the mouth; the eyes and nose are applied in clay with deeply incised pupils and nostrils; horns broken off.
Reference: Moorey (2004) 301
Follow this link to the Bronze Age Caanan Chapter of the Catalogue