Liddell-Scott-Jones

προτομή (protomē) an upper part ^G:N-F

προτομή, ἡ,

(προτέμνω) front part cut off: especially,

__1 head and face of a decapitated animal (rarely of a decapitated man, [LXX+4th c.BC+]“Inscription Deélos” 442[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐλάφου [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; λύκου [Refs 1st c.BC+]; Κερβέρου[Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a dolphin as figurehead, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἵππου, name of the asterism Eculeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 cup in shape of animal's face, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 bust, [Refs]; αἱ π. τοῦ Καίσαρος the imagines or busts of the Emperor on the Roman standards, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. τῆς ἀρχῆς [Refs 6th c.AD+]