Zoomorphic
This category includes representations of animals in 3D which may have been free standing.
Representations of animals in 3D which are hand modeled or mold-pressed and may have been free standing. These are separated from Plaques and Reliefs because they contain one main subject, no border, a plain background, are in high relief, and depict a stationary individual, either standing or sitting.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8261 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Dog? Unbaked clay. Roughly modeled. |
| 8286 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Buffalo? unbaked clay. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 8322 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. A dog? [drawing] 1:1 vol IV |
| 8325 | (none) | (none) | B16802 | Figurine of bull in lapis lazuli wearing a false beard. [drawing] 1:1 Style of the 1st Dynasty of Ur. | |
| 8341 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head of figurine. Dark clay. Hand modeled, snowman technique. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 8348A | (none) | (none) | B17228 | [A-C] Three figurines of animals. Roughly modeled in clay. Best example [A]: [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8368 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Figurine of bull. Lapis lazuli. The bull seated, head L, the body in profile, the head turned to the spectator and seen full face: a formally-curled square beard is tied under the bull's chin by a cord passing across its nose. |
| 8397 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bird. A silhouette in copper sheet, with the front wing added in relief. [drawing] 1:1 Possibly the head of a pin? A fragment of a copper pin was found close by. |
| 8642 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell carving of a panther's head in the round.White shell. the line of the mane was filled in with black paste. The tongue is of red stone, the eyes were inlaid with red and black. Very fine miniature work. The piece is complete: it is cut off at the neck, and was clearly meant to be inset in a body. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8852 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Roaring lion's head. Not made in a mould. Very fine hand modelling.[drawing 1:1] |
| 9078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature dove Gold Worked: with greenish blue stone tail let in |
| 9252 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Donkey's ear? Lapis lazuli Spoon shaped with a rounded socket which must originally have been fitted to the statue of which the lapis ear was a part. Back of the ear is convex with a ridge running vertically down the middle. At the socket end of the ear in the middle, a shallow circular cavity 0004 in diameter. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9322 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine Pig [drawing] |
| 9549 | (none) | (none) | B17201 | Terracotta-Sheep Reddish clay Miniature Inscribed on one side Legs missing Inscription: Nam-REC 316 agrig dNannar Nam =Nam-so, Overseer of Nannar. [additional drawing on back] [drawing 1:1] | |
| 10438B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chariot For design in general see notes The various parts are: A. Six lions heads in gold with lapis eyes and chests of lapis and shell. These are fixed to a board-edge. B. Small heads of lions and bulls in gold fixed to the top rail with blue and white inlay between them. C. 2 large panthers heads in silver with lapis eyes. D. 2 small lion heads in silver with inlay chests of shell and lapis; from the front of the chariot: with blue and white inlay between. One head completely destroyed. E. Quantities of inlay |
| 10438C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chariot For design in general see notes The various parts are: A. Six lions heads in gold with lapis eyes and chests of lapis and shell. These are fixed to a board-edge. B. Small heads of lions and bulls in gold fixed to the top rail with blue and white inlay between them. C. 2 large panthers heads in silver with lapis eyes. D. 2 small lion heads in silver with inlay chests of shell and lapis; from the front of the chariot: with blue and white inlay between. One head completely destroyed. E. Quantities of inlay |
| 10438D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chariot For design in general see notes The various parts are: A. Six lions heads in gold with lapis eyes and chests of lapis and shell. These are fixed to a board-edge. B. Small heads of lions and bulls in gold fixed to the top rail with blue and white inlay between them. C. 2 large panthers heads in silver with lapis eyes. D. 2 small lion heads in silver with inlay chests of shell and lapis; from the front of the chariot: with blue and white inlay between. One head completely destroyed. E. Quantities of inlay |
| 10465A | (none) | (none) | B17064 | [A-B] Silver Lions heads two with inlaid eyes Photo | |
| 10465B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver Lions heads (2) with inlaid eyes. Found against the far side of the box. |
| 10556A | (none) | (none) | B17694B | [A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes | |
| 10916 | (none) | (none) | B17065 | Silver Bulls Head With long horns and inlaid eyes The muzzle has been damaged, and one of the horns broken off and re-attached. It came from a wooden statue, judging from the fact that nothing else was found to which it could have belonged: the shell plaques U.10917 A and B must have been on its chest as usual Photo 1020 (a) | |
| 11665 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment of animal? with something designed on each side. |
| 12353B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Harp with [A] inlaid sounding box, mosaic imprints, silver top bar, decorated with a [B] bull's head, beaded, in gold, below which are [C] shell plaques. |
| 12357B | 30-12-702 | (none) | (none) | [A, B] Statues of rams. A pair. With gold heads and legs; lapis horns, eyes and manes; shell fleeces; silver bellies; the plants and flowers gold; mounted on silver stands with pink and white mosaic diaper. The ram stands on his hind legs, the front legs doubled up and shackled to the stems of tall plants whose arrowhead shaped leaves & rosette flowers rise on each side of the head. Gold sockets rising from the shoulder shows that they were supports for something : of this the only possible trace was a white substance, perhaps leather, which lay under the second animal found. The first animal [A] is rather badly broken & the legs & part of the rump are separate but the thickness of the body is preserved : the second [B] is squashed quite flat but keeps its silhouette & only 3 of the flowers are detached. | |
| 12364E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. Comprising: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with 3 inlaid flowers (one broken off and incomplete). [E] Small clay figurines of a ram (?). |