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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14259B | 31-16-548 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 claw-shaped horn strips. Perforated for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14259C | 31-16-548 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 claw-shaped horn strips. Perforated for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 34A | (none) | 1923,1110.167 | (none) | Beads in gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian: found loose and restrung as follows (A) Gold ram: small figurine in thin metal, hollow, pierced for threading. Fine work. Photo no. 39 length 0.016 (B) String of lapis and gold beads [drawing] thus [refers to drawing], graded in size, 43 gold and 45 lapis, and a circular rosette pendant of open work gold. Photo no. _ length 085 (C) String of carnelian beads, 40 in all, 2 gold ring terminals, 4 gold pear pendants, 2 carnelian pear pendants on gold, one plate pendant of carnelian with white design on gold. Photo no. 39 length 008 (D) String of 10 gold and 20 lapis nasturtium-seed beads with six lapis pear pendants on gold and one lapis fly amulet. photo no. _ length 0155 (E) String of small lapis beads strung in 2 rows with lapis spacers at ends of 8 gold mulberry(?)-leaf pendants, a triangular gold spacer, one lapis beads bound with gold wire and a triple gold beads (these 2 as a pendant) Photo. No. 39. length 0.165 |
| 132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr. of (amulet? or) inlay made of frit, originally green glazed. The lower part of a uraeus snake with wings low down: curious type. [drawing 1:1] |
| 233 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell amulet. in form of demon's head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 412 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell amulet. Human face, full front: rough cut. [drawing 1:1] |
| 498 | (none) | (none) | B15257 | Carnelian head of Puzu. Looking very sick. | |
| 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] |
| 1270 | (none) | (none) | B15724 | Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1271 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tortoise. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. Under side plain. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1272 | (none) | (none) | B15720 | Clay Frog. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (small) P. [drawing] | |
| 1273 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog. Drab clay. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1274 | (none) | (none) | B15719 | Clay Frog. Light drab clay. With traces of green pigment (glaze?) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273. P. | |
| 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] |
| 1279 | (none) | (none) | B15721 | Clay duck. Like U.1278. P. | |
| 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] |
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