| Collection: | Athens, Acropolis Museum |
| Title: | Fragmentary Head of Marble Bull |
| Context: | From Athens, Acropolis |
| Findspot: | Found at Athens, Acropolis |
| Summary: | Right eye of a bull |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Architectural |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Placement: | Pediment |
| Style: | High Archaic |
| Technique: | Medium relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 525 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.41 m; W. 0.365 m |
| Scale: | Over life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | High Archaic |
Subject Description: A large eye, probably the right eye of a bull, takes the form of a large round pupil protruding through folds of eyelids; the upper lid has four folds.
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: A single fragment, roughly square, preserves one eye of a bull. The surface is well preserved except for chips missing from the eyelid.
Associated Building: Athens, Old Temple of Athena
Other Notes: This eye may belong to a bull and lion pedimental group from the
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