17856http://www165.123.244.137/subject/17856/MuseumBritish MuseumSeason Number09: 1930-1931IconographyFemaleData collected by British Museum research team.Object TypeAnthropomorphicData collected by British Museum research team.TechniqueMold PressedData collected by British Museum research team.TechniqueModeledData collected by British Museum research team.TechniqueApplicationData collected by British Museum research team.TechniqueIncisedData collected by British Museum research team.MaterialTerracottaU Number16922Description (Catalog Card)Terracotta relief. Moulded and then worked up by hand with extra clay added; nude female figure with left hand holding object to breast, and right hand extended holding a saucer. Fragment only, broken off below waist. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Fired clay plaque depicting female figure in relief; mould-made with details added by hand; nude apart from necklaces; right arm holding small bowl; left hand holds cone; head-dress consisting of crown dipping down in the centre and disc at centre of forehead; hand-made and rounded at back; hair in large bunch either side of head with horizontal incisions to indicate curls; moulded part of relief added to rectangular background so it appears that the lady is sitting on a high-backed chair, but this is unlikely; the bowl, the curls and the crown are hand-made; eyes touched up by hand.Data collected by British Museum research team.Find Context (Catalog Card)DiqdiqqehMaterial (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Registration Number)1931,1010.400Data collected by British Museum research team.Measurement (Catalog Card)H. 65mmMeasurement (Height)69Data collected by British Museum research team.Measurement (Width)49Data collected by British Museum research team.Measurement (Depth)20Data collected by British Museum research team.