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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17070B | 31-43-314 | (none) | (none) | Frog amulets 6 [one miniature] [A-F]. Frit. Two glazed yellow. Glazed yellow. [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 17071B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit amulets. [A] A pair of fish (A) and (B) [not reference to multiple objects] tails missing. [drawing 1:1] [B] A tortoise. [C] A pair of ducks. [D] A bead pendant. [E] A monkey (head missing). [F] Rosettes. [Drawing 1:1] |
| 17107 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head amulet of dark steatite. (left side of forehead chipped). |
| 17108 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone head. Dark steatite. For amulet (or for inlay?) unfinished work. |
| 17116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet of baked clay roughly modeled in the form of a ram's head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17120 | 31-43-207 | (none) | (none) | Amulet of dark grey steatite in form of a tortoise [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17433 | 31-43-202 | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu amulet. Steatite. | |
| 17443A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 amulets. Shell. In shape of human hand. |
| 17443B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 amulets. Shell. In shape of human hand. |
| 17610 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Pig's head; in shell. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17611 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Clenched right hand with 5 fingers [drawing 1:1] |
| 17614 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Black steatite. In the form of a frog. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17633 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Puzuzu head. Glazed frit. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. Shell. Ring for threading broken. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Steatite. Head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17759 | 32-40-315 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Frit. Frog. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17859 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Puzuzu head black steatite. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17861 | 32-40-307 | (none) | (none) | Head of Puzuzu type Lapis lazuli roughly carved pierced for threading [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17863 | 32-40-309 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Puzuzu head. Glazed frit (glaze all decayed. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17870 | 32-40-310 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White shell. In the form of a flying bird (one wing missing) [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17918 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Duck. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18133 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet of glazed frit, bleached white the Egyptian Bes. |
| 18210 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vulture's head. Mottled dark steatite. The eyes deeply hollowed to receive inlay. The lower side of the head is smoothly finished, with no sign of any attachment to a body: the head might have been used for a weight (?) or, is isolated, as an amulet. Fine bold work. |
| 18231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. Puzuzu head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18234 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White frit (once glazed? But glaze all perished) A seated calf? [drawing] |
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