Skull of an ox
Object type: Skull, ox
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Medium: Bone
Dimensions: Crania: L. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.); Jaw Bone 1: L. 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.); Jaw Bone 2: L. 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II
Locus: foundation deposit, SE corner
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922