6857
| Description (Catalog Card): | Stone head. Grey. Fragment. Part of hair and upper portion of face down to nose alone remains. Female head with fine wavy air and double chignon. Lose forehead, beaded line running round it just above eyebrows representing fringe of hair which protrudes below the chignon. Eyebrows carefully rendered by feathered line; prominent and strongly defined eyelids with protruding eyeballs. Carefully modelling of face and nose bottom of which is lost. B.1 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | From Larsa debris. Found in long room abutting on S. corner of Larsa shrine S. end of KP. Room C.31. |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Stone2 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | W. of fragment 50mm, W. of face 45mm |
| U Number: | 6857 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Museum: | The National Museum of Iraq |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| Description (Modern): | Fragment of a female head |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals |
| Museum Number (IM Number): | IM 1180 |
| [1] Woolley's description |
| [2] Material as described by Woolley |
Files
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Room C31 | L 4-6 | Storageroom? | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Museum Photo Negatives | British Museum Photo Negatives | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:292 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:292 | (none) |
- 7 Media
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Giparu | KP >> Ningal Temple | Unit C | A-P 1-8 >> Room C31 | L 4-6
References
British Museum Photo Negatives, .
Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.