Hair
Depiction of the covering of the top of the head.
This category contains depictions of the covering on top of the head, organic and natural. Usually depicted as curly, but can also be up or down. Male hair is usually shoulder length and left down.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1762 | (none) | (none) | B15650 | Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded. Bearded figure, full face. On head, high horned cap (chipped), long curls on shoulder, bull's ears: dress presumably sheepskin queerly treated with lobes in relief: right hand holds mace to shoulder left hand apparently an axe of this type. Broken at waist. | |
| 1763 | (none) | (none) | B15682 | Terracotta relief. Light greenish clay. Moulded. Female figure, full face, flounced bodice and sleeves. High horned headdress, spiral curls on shoulders: hands raised above breasts. | |
| 1778 | (none) | (none) | B15688 | Figurine. Drab clay. Head and shoulders only, with headdress. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1779 | (none) | (none) | B15687 | Figurine. Drab clay. Head and shoulders only, in profile. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1780 | (none) | (none) | B15662 | Figurine. Red clay. Female, nude with necklace. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1781 | (none) | (none) | B15684 | Clay figurine. Drab clay, head and torso only, with mitre and braided hair. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1782 | (none) | (none) | B15630 | Figurine. Buff clay. Bearded male, legs and feet missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1784 | (none) | (none) | B15637 | Figurine. Drab clay. Male, bearded and mitred bearing maces. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1785 | (none) | (none) | B15649 | Figurine. Red clay. Male. Head and trunk only. Cracks in head and beard. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6065 | (none) | (none) | B16300 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 3 grooves in middle divider scene, seated god and introduction of votary from 4 swans on lower half. About BC 2700. E. | |
| 6262 | (none) | (none) | B16263 | Terracotta fragment. Bearded male figure. Hands clasped below breast. Flowing headdress running down at back. Lower half of body lost. Traces of garment round waist. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6664 | (none) | (none) | B16265 | Clay statuette. Baked. Seated female figure, naturalistic above, peg shaped below. Heavily cut large eye sockets. Prominent breasts. Incised marks below neck indicate collar of cloak. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6692 | (none) | (none) | B16254 | Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Fragmentary, lost below knees. Common type. Hands clasped over breast in attitude of prayer. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6698 | (none) | (none) | B16298 | Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Grey steatite. Introduction of worshipper by goddess to Nannar: smaller figure behind throne of Nannar holding big club. Below and behind throne small figure pulling dragon by the wing; similar figure attacks dragon in front. Attributes: crescent moon resting on post. Balance and pot. Squat monkey (close to knees of Nannar). Inscribed: Ilu-Shamash, Ilu-Aa 1st Babylonian Dynasty. E. | |
| 6779A | (none) | (none) | B16299 | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Presented. Scene of worship. Worshipper interlaced by minor goddess to seated Nannar. Attributes: Crescent moon. Inscription obliterated. Post Sargonid. Pre-3rd Ur Dynasty about 2500 BC | |
| 6782 | (none) | (none) | B16228 | Head of Ningal? Alabaster. White. Eyes inlaid in lapis lazuli. E. [illegible, possibly resinous] cast in BM 118564. | |
| 6899 | (none) | (none) | B16307 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Winged dragon, rampant, accosted by god, who wears high horned headdress. Behind Gilgamesh and slave? Shaven and shorn carrying a fly whisk? Attributes: crescent moon. Inscribed. Dun-ur kiki dNannar. About 2300 BC. | |
| 6915 | (none) | (none) | B16256 | Terracotta statuette. Female: full face, dressed in close fitting skirt and holding a high-necked vase against waist in left hand, Right arm bent at elbow and slightly upraised. Skirt which is close fitting is embroidered at the bottom and tasseled down right side. Short sleeves reaching elbows only. Female wears necklace, short hair done up in clusters at sides. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6939 | (none) | (none) | B16268 | Terracotta mould. Fragmentary. Broken at bottom. Seated goddess feat resting on goose and second goose standing at right hand side. Cf. terracotta figurine identical in subject with this mould though not actually produced from it. E. | |
| 7001 | (none) | (none) | B16262 | Terracotta figurine. Bearded male supporting ram against beard fragmentary below waist. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 7076B | (none) | (none) | B16267 | Terracotta figurine. Seated goddess in Kaunakes skirt, and holding a vase from which water pours on either side, against the breast. Long flowing hair falling down breast and done up in a knot over either ear. High horned headdress on either side of head a crescent moon. Behind throne a peacock, tail of which shows behind right hand side of the goddess and head behind left hand side. E. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 7107 | (none) | (none) | B16255 | Terracotta Figurine. Naked female, hands clasped against waist. Common type. [drawing 1:1] E | |
| 7539 | (none) | (none) | B17206 | Terracotta figurine. Enthroned goddess wearing flounced kaunakes dress, high horned headdress, hair hangs below shoulders and ends in a curl. Both hands clasped over waist. High horned headdress rising in tiers. Throne has a straight back to it.. Behind the seat at an angle of 45 degrees to it are two fragmentary legs protruding well behind the plaque os that the plaque could have originally stood vertically, supported by its props on the table. On either side of the headdress horns and from either side of the top cow's ears. [drawing 1:3] | |
| 7570 | (none) | (none) | B17209 | Terracotta figurine. Grotesque. Missing below waist. Bearded male figure wearing fringed turbine wound round head in tiers? and supporting vertically against the body two ceremonial litni which rest on either shoulder, curved tops reaching top of head. 2 incisions around each litnus at the top in the straight portion. Nose thick and shapeless. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 7617 | (none) | (none) | B16877 | Cylinder seal. Marble. White. 4 bulls rampant of which 3 have human heads, bearded and horned. On either side a rampant lion. Grotesque figure with himan body, animal's head, (possibly a donkey's head??) conical headdress and pig tail? grasps one lion by the tail. c. 3000BC |
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Child Terms
Chignon - Curls - Flowing Hair