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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6856 | (none) | (none) | B16374 | Tortoise. White frit, and glazed. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6863 | (none) | 1927,0527.248 | (none) | Fish. Frit. Glazed. Pair . One on topo f the other. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 6883 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu. Head of black steatite. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6893A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu. Head of white frit. Surface mostly destroyed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6905 | (none) | 1927,0527.139 | (none) | Puzuzu. Pendant. Chert. Green. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6906 | (none) | (none) | B16363 | Frog bead. Black steatite. E. |
| 6926 | (none) | (none) | B16350 | Bull pendant. Mottled greenish marble. Flat base. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6936 | (none) | (none) | B16351 | Puzuzu head. Black steatite. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant bird. Miniature. Copper. On round base. In text: Neo-Babylonian period(14) |
| 6944 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. Limestone. Grey. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7067 | (none) | 1927,0527.141 | (none) | Bull. Pendant. Pink steatite. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7097 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant. Duck. Miniature. Frit. Grey. B. |
| 7098 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu. Head of white shell. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7558 | (none) | 1928,1009.144 | (none) | Amulet. Ram's head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7563 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Frog. Frit. [faint drawing] |
| 7594 | (none) | 1928,1009.145 | (none) | Amulet. Ram's head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7678 | (none) | (none) | B16818 | Puzuzu. Miniature head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 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. | |
| 8072 | (none) | (none) | B16806 | Amulet of grey slate in form of a bird. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8073 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet of mother o'pearl Inlaid with 2 spots of lapis of which one has dropped out. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8269 | (none) | (none) | B16685 | Bull pendant. Gold. Reclining bull. Body in profile - bearded head turned to the left originally there were 4 small gold beads tied to right side of body for attachment to a chain; only two of these now remain. | |
| 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] |
| 8471 | (none) | (none) | B17200 | Amulet Frit Squatting monkey Originally green - now bleached. [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. |
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