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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18693B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulets. Shell. In the shape of a human hand.[CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] (A) The open hand. (B) Clenched hand. |
| 18725 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulet. Dark steatite. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18752 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dog amulet. Bronze. [drawing] |
| 18758 | (none) | 1935,0112.56 | (none) | Shell amulet in form of a seated cow, pierced longitudinally. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18781 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulet. Light grey steatite. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18851 | 35-1-31 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Blue glazed frit. Im-dugud (?) figure. The blue glaze has perished on the front but is well preserved behind. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 19167 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Shell. In the form of a claw. [drawing 1:1] |
| 233 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell amulet. in form of demon's head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2509 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White shell. Lion? Or bull? Roughly carved. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2531 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved shell head. Male, shaven. Neck pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2534 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved shell mask. Mother-of-pearl. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2543 | (none) | 1927,1003.186 | (none) | Fish. Glazed frit, with clearly marked scales, pierced. ? Photo of better example [drawing 1:1] |
| 2619 | (none) | 1927,1003.237 | (none) | Shell mask. White: male with widely opened mouth. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2722 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell fish. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2764 | (none) | 1927,1003.190 | (none) | Stone dog. Couchant : of limestone, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2803 | (none) | 1927,1003.246 | (none) | Shell mask. Grotesque and pierced for suspension: mask flaked away. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2822 | (none) | 1927,1003.251 | (none) | Copper frog. Miniature. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2832 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Crystal head. Head of Puzu (?) with grotesque features engraved. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2876 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck. White frit originally glazed: pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2909 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature frog. Black stone: pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2910 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze pendant. Shaped as animal's head: perhaps calf. |
| 2918 | (none) | 1927,1003.253 | (none) | Lapis lazuli bull. Couchant with head turned. Pierced in three places for suspension. |
| 3030 | (none) | 1927,1003.188 | (none) | Duck. Of white frit originally glazed: pierced for suspension. |
| 3044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck. Of white frit originally glazed: pierced for suspension: beak missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3058 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Couchant lion of shell. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
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