bucranium

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"On the second side of the gem, we see the victim, a running goat, and on the third side the symbol of sacrifice, the bucranium."
"It was also in relation to the funerary world that bucrania were placed at the bottoms of the pits."

From Latin būcrānium, from Ancient Greek βουκράνιον (boukránion).

bucraniums (plural) bucrania (plural)

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