📚 noun • entry_id 50174
bucranium
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bucráneo
The depiction of the head of an ox, as ornamental flourishes in architectural works.
It was also in relation to the funerary world that bucrania were placed at the bottoms of the pits.
On the second side of the gem, we see the victim, a running goat, and on the third side the symbol of sacrifice, the bucranium.
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