10747 | 1928,1010.407
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Female 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Modeled 1 |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Incised 1 |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Addition >> Application 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta Goddess Fertility charm? Grotesque figure standing obliquely on a flat pedestal. Triangular, beaked nose, circular pellet-shaped eyes, perforated ears. Hair done up in a heavy bun at the back; hair on top of bun represented by linear markings, oblique to the head, divided by a single central line which may represent a parting. Pronounced protruding breasts and deep incision at vagina, right arm held across body below the first and left arm held straight against the latter. Incisions oblique of lines of body at foot of statuette, in front, probably representing fringe of dress. Head broken from body in antiquity and stuck together with bitumen.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | PG 895 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | Ht 0135 w across arms 007 Ht of head 0037 |
| U Number: | 10747 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Description (Modern): | Goddess |
| Description (Modern): | 268; fired clay; hand-modelled; in the form of a nude female figure; left arm hangs down her side; right arm bent in and rests below breasts; incised lines for fingers, division of legs and pubic area; pellet eyes; incised line for the mouth and holes at the ears; hair incised on top and done in double chignon at the back; vertical incised lines indicate a necklace.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired 1 |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 121677 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1010.407 |
| Measurement (Height): | 1381 |
| Measurement (Width): | 691 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 301 Torso |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | PG/895 | (none) | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:46 Page:152 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:46 Page:152 | (none) |
- 3 Media
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Ur >> Royal Cemetery | PG >> Private Graves 801-900 >> PG/895