603 | 1923,1110.113
| Iconography: | Mythical Figure >> Deity >> God 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta relief. Fragment of head of bearded god wearing horned crown: behind, rough, with a hole for affixing it to a background. [drawing 1:1]2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | T.W, NE face near cross section |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | [L.70mm, W.51mm based on 1:1 drawing] |
| U Number: | 603 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Season Number: | 01: 1922-1923 |
| Description (Modern): | Relief plaque fragment, head of bearded god |
| Description (Modern): | Fragment of a large moulded relief figure; baked clay; god; three-quarters of the face only remaining, showing part of the horned crown with a large lower pair of horns; top part broken off; traces of the beginning of a beard on his right cheek; there is a large double band around the forehead in low relief and the eyes are also in low relief; large depression at the back of the head.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 116524 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1923,1110.113 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 491 |
| Measurement (Height): | 691 Broken |
| Measurement (Width): | 511 Across base of horned crown |
| Measurement (Thickness): | 291 From back to front of horned crown |
| Start Date: | 2000BC1 |
| End Date: | 1000BC1 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | TWNE | (none) | (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) |
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | GN0070 | GN0070 | (none) | |
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:23 Page:114 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:23 Page:114 | (none) |
- 6 Media
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Context
Excavation Context: Ur >> Temenos Wall | TW >> TWNE
References
British Museum Photo Negatives, .