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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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] |
| 12797 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bes amulet. Glazed frit. |
| 13507 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog. Amulet. Lapis lazuli. Miniature. [drawing 1:1] |
| 13731 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Black stone. In form of a dog. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14259A | 31-16-548 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 claw-shaped horn strips. Perforated for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 14407 | 31-17-86 | (none) | (none) | Figurine (amulet?) of a bull, white stone. Carved in the round: the eyes originally inlaid and in one is preserved the ring of white shell. Pierced behind the shoulder for suspension. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 14494 | 31-17-87 | (none) | (none) | Amulet of pink pebble. Rudely cut in form of a bird. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 14954 | 31-16-778 | (none) | (none) | Clay object. Uncertain use. Pierced through centre. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 15709 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. Minature. Glazed with cylindrical neck. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15796 | 31-17-91 | (none) | (none) | Amulet(?) Terracotta animal. Possibly a tortoise(?). [drawing 1:1] | |
| 15797 | 31-17-88 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White steatite(?) Double ended. Monkey and bear. | |
| 15798 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet(?) Figurine grotesque. |
| 15799 | 31-17-89 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Monkey. Shell. | |
| 15802 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Miniature animal. White calcite? |
| 15806 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Carnelian stamp seal. Engraved with figure of a squatting sphinx. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16112 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Puzuzu head. Black steatite. |
| 16114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta foot. Miniature. Amulet(?) Pierced for suspension, or for fixing to body [drawing 1:1] |
| 16118 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Puzuzu head. White shell |
| 16132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. White frit. 1 ear missing. |
| 16141A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulets. Frit. [A-B] A Pair. Miniature clenched fists perforated for suspension. [From Typed Transcript Only] [C] Necklace: Carnelian, lapis, bone, rock crystal, agate, amethyst. [D] Gold finger ring and [E] bone. [F] copper finger ring |
| 16296 | 31-43-171 | (none) | (none) | Kidney(?) model, in black stone. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16406 | 31-43-205 | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head amulet. White frit, originally glazed. [drawing 1:1] |
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