Bull Collection (page 10)

Mummified bull, from Thebes, Egypt, Roman Period, after 30 BC. Bulls were sacred to several gods through which they issued oracles. From the British Museums Collection

Roman statuette of Mithras slaying the bull, 3rd century
Roman statuette of Mithras slaying the bull from Dadofori, Sicily. From Palermo Museums collection, 3rd century

Relief showing the Celtic god Cernunnos
Romano-Celtic relief showing Cernunnos, the Celtic horned god, from Rhiems. Note the rat, associated with his cult, also the bull and deer

Siva with the bull, Nandi, followed by his consort Parvati, 18th century
Painting of Siva with the bull, Nandi, followed by his consort Parvati from Mandi, India, 18th century

Painting of the gods Siva and Khrishna accompanied by a bull, tiger, and jackals
Painting of Siva and Khrishna accompanied by a bull, tiger, and jackals, from Mandi in India. from the V&As collections collection in London

Mycenaean terracotta bull, from the National Museums collection in Athens

Roman depiction of Mithras killing the bull, 3rd century
Depiction of Mithras killing the bull, from France and from the Louvres collection. Probably part of a Mithraic cult, favoured by soldiers, 3rd century

Depiction of a Celtic deity, a bull with three cranes, 1st century
Depiction of a Celtic deity, a bull with three cranes, from the Pillar of the Boatman of Paris, found at Notre Dame Cathedral. From the Musee de Clunys collection, 1st century

Pakistani sherd painted with stylised humped bull, 18th century BC
Sherd painted with stylised humped bull, from Harappa, cemetery H culture, 18th century BC

Bulls head Roman sculpture from the Municipal Forum in Merida, 1st century BC
Bulls head Roman sculpture from the Municipal Forum in Merida, Spain. From Merida Museums collection, 1st century BC

Bronze Bulls head escutcheon, found at Dinorben hill-fort. Now from the National Museums collection in Cardiff

A Christian Dirce, 1897. Artist: Henryk Siemiradzki
A Christian Dirce, 1897. Found in the collection of the National Museum, Warsaw

Lullingstone Roman villa floor mosaic, 2nd century
Lullingstone Roman villa floor mosaic showing Europa and the Bull, 2nd century

Corinthian terracotta bull, 6th century BC
Corinthian terracotta bull, in the Museum of Old Corinths collection, Greece, 6th century BC

Minoan bulls head libation vessel from the royal palace at Knossos, from the Archaeological Museums collection of Heraclion on Crete

Gold Greek cup with a wild bull motif, 15th century BC
Greek gold cup with a wild bull motif, from Vaphio. At the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 15th century BC

Egyptian relief of the bull-god Apis, bearing the sun-disc between its horns. From the Louvres collection

Italian earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, 16th century
Italian (Verbino) earthenware plate with an image of Hercules and the Cretan bull, one of his twelve labours. from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 16th century

Akkadian cylinder-seal and impression of the flood epic, showing Uta-Napaishtim in a boat, and Gilgamesh with a bull

Glazed Brick relief of a bull on the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC
Glazed Brick relief of a bull on the walls of the Sacred Way leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c580 BC

Assyrian Winged Bull detail at the Pergamom Museum, Berlin

Syrian golden bowl from the temple of Baal
Golden bowl from the temple of Baal at Kas Shamra, Syria, depicting the hunting of wild bulls

Queens Lyre from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. Stringed instrument with a bulls head. The front panels are made of lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone originally set in bitumen

Achaemenid cylinder-seal impression of a Royal hunt. The King holds a Gon and a man with a flail seizes a bull. It symbolises the the triumph of the King over his enemies

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression showing the flood-epic. Utanapishtim is in the ark, and Gilgamesh is fighting the Bull. From the British Museums collection

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression of a bull-man and hero. Each is holding a bull by the horns, and in the centre is a stylised mountain with a sacred tree on top

Bronze Roman relief of Mithras killing a bull from Hungary. Mithras was a particularly favoured god of soldiers. From the National Museums collection in Budapest

Detail of Floor mosaic showing Europa riding a bull, Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent

Detail from Gundestrup Cauldron, showing a Celtic bull sacrifice, Danish, c100 BC
Gundestrup Cauldron:Denmark:Celtic:bull sacrifice:c.100 BC

Bulls head with knobbed horns, Rynkeby Bog, Denmark, c4th century BC

Bronze bulls head from a cauldron, Rynkeby Bog, Denmark, c4th century BC

Bull motif on Pictish incised stone, Burghead, Moray, Scotland, c6th - 7th century

Roman wallpainting of The Rape of Europa, House of Jason, Pompeii, Italy
Detail from a Roman wallpainting of The Rape of Europa, House of Jason, Pompeii, Italy. This scene shows Europa & the Bull (Zeus or Jupiter)

Inscription on a golden bowl of the King hunting wild bulls, Temple of Baal, c14th-12th century BC
Inscription on a golden bowl of the King on a chariot hunting wild bulls, Temple of Baal, Ras Shamra, Syria, c14th-c12th century BC. From the collection at The Louvre

Bronze finial with two bulls, Hatti Culture, 3rd millenium BC. In the Oriental Antiquities Museum, Istanbul

Dragon sacred to the god Marduk, detail of the Ishtar Gate, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Detail of the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC
Detail of the Ishtar Gate leading to the Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c604-c562 BC. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Assyrian sculptures of human-headed winged bulls at the palace gateway, Khorsabad, c8th century BC
Assyrian sculptures of human-headed winged bulls at the palace gateway, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, c8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian relief of a winged genie with a bucket & a cedar cone, Khorsabad, 8th century BC
Assyrian relief of a winged genie with a bucket and a cedar cone making a liberation, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, 8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Assyrian sculpture of a human-headed winged bull at the palace gateway, Khorsabad, 8th century BC
Assyrian sculpture of a human-headed winged bull at the palace gateway, Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, 8th century BC. Part of the collection at The Louvre, Paris

Sacrificial procession of a bull preceded by trumpeters, 30-40. Relief from an altar of the Vicomagistri, the Roman organisation responsible for police and fire protection

Carving of a bull and lion, Persian, 5th century BC. Detail of a carving on the north wing of the east stairway at the palace of the Persian king Xerxes I (ruled 486-465 BC) at Persepolis

Mithras, ancient Persian god of light and ruler of the Universe, slaying the bull, 100-150. Roman marble sculpture. From the Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna

Great Cattle Show, 1850. The Roman Bull that didn t get the prize. Mr Punch and John Bull viewing the Bull (Papal edict on the restoration of the English Roman Catholic Church) with distaste

Combat between a lion and a bull, Spain, 1894. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 30th December 1894

Bull of Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, c570 BC (16th century). Phalaris commissioned Perillus of Athens to make a brazen bull in which to execute criminals who were shut up in it then baked

Sioux warriors at Custers Last Stand, 1876, (c1900). Artist: Adam Bad Heart Buffalo
Sioux warriors at Custers Last Stand, 1876, (c1900). Sioux warriors leading away captured horses after defeating Custers troops at Custers Last Stand

Ishtar Gate, Neo-Babylonian, c575 BC
Ishtar Gate, Babylonian, c575 BC. The Ishtar Gate, through which a processional road ran into the city of Babylon. One of 8 fortified gates of Nebuchandrezzars (Nebuchanezzar II) city

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