Ca. 1000 BC Depicted is a standing ibex (genus Capra) with the huge neck and distinctly shaped, notched horns that are typical for the animal. For similar see: Pamela J. Crabtree, Douglas V. Campana, Kathleen Ryan (eds.), Early Animal Domestication and its Cultural Context (MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology, supplement to vol. 6) (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, 1989).Size: L:157mm / W:49mm ; 170g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.