Bull of Osuna

Bull of Osuna
Material	Limestone
Height	82 cm
Width	42.5 cm
Created	late 5th century BCE
Discovered	before 1904 Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Present location	Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

The Bull of Osuna is a limestone high relief Iberian sculpture, 82 cm high, dated from the end of the 5th century BCE, that is on display at the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in Madrid. It was found in the archeological site of the ancient Iberian city of Urso (Osuna) in Seville, Spain. The bull is ashlar and was carved, (probably in a Turdetani workshop), as a funeral monument. It is believed to have had some protective function.

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