Figurine of a bull
Archaeological museum of Chora
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Figurine of a bull
1399 BCE – 1200 BCE
Archaeological museum of Chora
Aggelopoulos chamber tomb 7, Volimidia, Chora Messenia
Length: 12.5 cm Height: 8.5 cm
Terracotta figurine of a bull, made of yellowish clay. Found in Aggelopoulos chamber tomb 7 at Volimidia, Chora. Red-painted decoration with wavy lines, rather faded. Animal figurines were popular in the mycenaean period, more often of bovines and less so of dogs, horses and stags. Among other interpretations, they have been considered as offerings to sanctuaries or funerary rites, or as children's toys.