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- noun Plural form of
bucranium .
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Examples
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“Jefferson used rosettes and bucrania or ox skulls.”
The Last Patriot Brad Thor 2008
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“Did Jefferson use bucrania anywhere else here at Monticello?”
The Last Patriot Brad Thor 2008
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The entablature depicted bucrania and a variety of human faces, but didn’t look like their architectural renderings.
The Last Patriot Brad Thor 2008
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(whether bulls or others) and the snake (an unmistakable attribute) or with human figures associated with horned animals, bucrania, or other horned heads; and lastly with only human figures, who by their nature and attitude are related to fertilization.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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For example, cattle were still widely acclaimed in their society, and one way we map just how much power or influence a person might have had is by the number of bucrania they are buried with (bucrania are the top of the cow’s skull with the horns still attached).
The Best Books on the Wider Ancient World Five Books 2025
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For example, cattle were still widely acclaimed in their society, and one way we map just how much power or influence a person might have had is by the number of bucrania they are buried with (bucrania are the top of the cow’s skull with the horns still attached).
The Best Books on the Wider Ancient World Five Books 2025
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