Animal/Human Shaped
This category includes small animal or human representations pierced for hanging.
Animal/human pendants are more than likely amulets, but have been named based on their shape rather than their possible function. The majority of the human shaped pendants are Humbaba or Pazuzu. The animals come in a variety of forms from birds to bulls.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 653 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet(?). Fragment. (lower part missing) of a seated lion(?) carved in brown pebble. [drawing] |
| 1141 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pebble head of snake. Green pebble. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1269 | (none) | 1924,0920.176 | (none) | Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1271 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tortoise. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. Under side plain. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1273 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog. Drab clay. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1275 | (none) | 1924,0920.175 | (none) | Clay Frog. Light drab clay (with traces of green glaze underneath) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273 [drawing 1:1] |
| 1276 | (none) | 1924,0920.174 | (none) | Clay frog. Drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (broken) [drawing 1:1] |
| 1277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Light clay. Pierced horizontally for suspension. (head missing) [drawing 1:1] |
| 1278 | (none) | 1924,0920.177 | (none) | Clay duck. Light clay. Pierced horizontally for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1280 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Light. Clay. Pierced vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1281 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Like U.1280 |
| 1282 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Like U.1280 |
| 1283 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. (head missing) Like U.1280. |
| 1284 | (none) | 1924,0920.50 | (none) | Stone Janus-head. Red stone. Beardless, flat-featured face, (pierced vertically for suspension) [drawing 1:1] |
| 1359 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell amulet. In form of a left hand; pierced at wrist for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1439A | (none) | 1927,1003.234 | (none) | Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension. |
| 1464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small clay model, apparently of a dog crouching on top of a box: perhaps used as a pendant charm. |
| 1555 | (none) | 1924,0920.51 | (none) | Amulet. Hematite. Recumbant cat; pierced for suspension, with holes for inlay eyes. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1621 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Pig's head. Pierced between ears for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2509 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White shell. Lion? Or bull? Roughly carved. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2531 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved shell head. Male, shaven. Neck pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2534 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved shell mask. Mother-of-pearl. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2543 | (none) | 1927,1003.186 | (none) | Fish. Glazed frit, with clearly marked scales, pierced. ? Photo of better example [drawing 1:1] |
| 2619 | (none) | 1927,1003.237 | (none) | Shell mask. White: male with widely opened mouth. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2722 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell fish. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
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