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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7910 | (none) | 1928,1009.138 | (none) | Frog amulet. Lapis lazuli. [drawing 1:1][CARD MISLABELED U.7940B][Arabic notes on back of card] [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 8033 | (none) | 1928,1009.396 | (none) | Shell bull. Very delicately & boldly carved in white shell. A figure of a bull, facing rt, in exactly the position of the 'Ubaid copper frieze bulls, with the left fore leg bent at the knee and planted on the ground as if the animal were about to rise; the body in profile, the head turned to the front. | |
| 8073 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet of mother o'pearl Inlaid with 2 spots of lapis of which one has dropped out. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8334 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone amulet of red pebble with white markings. Crescent shaped. Flat with rounded edges: pierced for suspension by 2 holes from the tops of the crescent meeting in the middle. [drawing 1:1] |
| 9610 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Phallic Amulet Gold foil; hollow within, The piece was originally set in some material: possibly stone, for minute pins project from the edge over the interior to hold the setting in position. Pins apparently made of copper. |
| 10008 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog Amulet. Lapis [drawing] |
| 10009 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet Lapis In form of a seated ram [drawing] 1:1 |
| 10378 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Agate Amulet Heart-shaped Pierced vertically for suspension Cylindrical core of reddish paste running through hole For shape see Field Note |
| 10801A | (none) | 1928,1010.291 | (none) | Tomb Group A. Beads : carnelian and lapis with good fly ornament : see Field notes B. Beads : lapis double conoids and a few silver C. Short lengths of thin gold ribbon each folded up into a little wad weights in grains, 16, 16, 21, 16, 16, 12, 11 1/2, 12 1/2, 7, 10, 10, D. Silver wire spiral coil ear-ring E. Plain silver wire bracelet |
| 10943 | (none) | 1928,1010.86 | (none) | Gold Amulet. In form of 2 goats seated back to back. The goat on the right is in front, but the treatment of the body is rather summary: it is worked alike back and front. Found on the right arm near the elbow. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10944A | (none) | 1928,1010.87 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Amulets two in the form of fish. (gold over a bitumen core) the thread went through the mouth and one gill. Found with U.10943, 10945. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10944B | (none) | 1928,1010.87 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Amulets two in the form of fish. (gold over a bitumen core) the thread went through the mouth and one gill. Found with U.10943, 10945. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10945 | (none) | 1928,1010.89 | (none) | Fish Amulet. Lapis. Found with U.10943, 10944. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10946 | (none) | 1928,1010.103 | (none) | Amulet. Lapis. A reclining calf. The head turned right round across the right flank: fine strong work. Found with U.10947 by the right shoulder. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulet. Lapis. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11966A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Amulet. Lapis. in form of a fish; and with it [B] a carnelian lentoid pendant. Fish (tail broken ancietly) |
| 12061 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Amulet. In shape of a human leg & foot. Perforated at top for suspension. [Annotated} Cf. U.16114. [drawing] |
| 12080 | (none) | 1929,1017.430 | (none) | Frog Amulet. Minute. Lapis lazuli. [drawing 1:1] |
| 12183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statuette-Copper dog. Statuette intended for suspension. Perforated hoop at back of neck. Dog is squatting on its haunches and has a twisted collar round neck. On top of head an upstanding band of copper. Dog represented with mouth agape-barking? Assyrian style. See drawing in field notes. |
| 12375D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Small gold lunate earring. [B.1-.2] Two heavy gold wire spiral coil hair rings [C] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [D] Amulet or bulla of gold with embossed design, set with 2 small lapis eyes, originally fixed on to a solid back. [E] Necklace of lapis lentoid beads. [F] Silver pin V B with fluted lapis ball head rest in gold. [G] Silver pin VI B with lapis ball head set in gold [H-I] Two finger rings, gold, made from spiral wire coils. |
| 12469 | (none) | 1929,1017.4 | (none) | Gold amulet. In the form of a standing goat, its head slightly turned over the left shoulder (a hole runs from right shoulder to the tail) [drawing] |
| 12686 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Miniature. Glazed frit. In shape of clenched fist. [drawing 1:1] |
| 12704J | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. | |
| 12706E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. Badly broken. [B] (2) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Men fighting rampant animals. [C] (3) Copper bowl. Hemispherical [Type] III. [D] (4) Beads. Lapis and carnelian lentoids, lapis barrels and double conoids, carnelian rings, silver balls, square chalcedony (diamond shaped in section) calcite bead similar in type. [E] (5) Amulet in shape of a silver frog. [F] ( 6) Silver ear (?) ring 2 1/2 spiral wire coils. |
| 12744 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu amulet. Shell? Miniature. Normal type. [drawing 1:1] |
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