id: 121887 accession number: 1942.204 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.204 updated: Bull Head Attachment, c. 700–600 BC. Urartian, northwest Iran, possibly Gusçi, Lake Urmia, c. 700-600 BC. Bronze; overall: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.204 title: Bull Head Attachment title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 700–600 BC creation date earliest: -700 creation date latest: -600 current location: 102A Ancient Near East creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Urartian, northwest Iran, possibly Gusçi, Lake Urmia, c. 700-600 BC technique: bronze department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Christian R. Holmes date: footnotes: citations: Mrs. Christian R. Holmes date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Bulls were symbols of power and fertility in many ancient cultures. This bronze bull's head was made in the kingdom of Urartu, which was located in what is Iran today, and was likely attached to the rim of a giant cauldron or cooking pot. digital description: wall description: The kingdom of Urartu was contemporary with the Assyrian civilization. The Urartians produced elaborate bronze objects and probably passed on many of their metalwork traditions to the Achaemenian Persians. This bull head was probably one of four placed at cardinal points around the rim of a huge Urartian bronze cauldron. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 669 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n123 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 12 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n36 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 12 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n34 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 5 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n25 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 7 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n22 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.204/1942.204_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.204/1942.204_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.204/1942.204_full.tif