Head of a Goat

This head of a goat has high curving horns, with a central segmented spine above the brow, and incised segments along the length to the outward curving tip (1). There is a fringe of hair, in locks, on the brow. The goat’s long floppy ears hang down above two other protuberances depicting locks of hair. The goat also has a long beard of wavy locks, although the beard is broken at the bottom. The goat’s face is carefully modeled with raised brows above the molded eyes and impressed circular pupils. The long snout and nose, rendered as though seen from above, are above the simple mouth line. The back of the beard is carved, but no other details are indicated on the reverse of the piece. The back of the head has an overall concave shape. This goat head could have been used as an attachment, perhaps for a vessel (2).

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