6060http://www165.123.244.137/subject/6060/MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypeAnthropomorphicIconographyHeaddress/CrownIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.IconographyFemaleIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.IconographyHairIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.TechniqueCarvedTechnique tagged by Penn Museum research team.Season Number04: 1925-1926MaterialAlabasterMaterialLapis LazuliMaterialShellU Number6782Description (Modern)The object is a woman’s head carved in a single piece of stone. The hair is indicated with wavy incised lines. She wears a smooth, wide crown around her head. The eyes are inset with shell for the whites and lapis for the pupils. It seems that the shell and lapis are set with bitumen that also serves to outline the eyes.Description (Catalog Card)Head of Ningal? Alabaster. White. Eyes inlaid in lapis lazuli. E. [illegible, possibly resinous] cast in BM 118564.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Female Head. NingalData extracted from Penn EMU collections database.Description (Modern)Head of Ningal (?) White alabaster, eyes inlaid in lapis lazuli. UE 6Description (Modern)marble head of a woman, the eyes inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli. Found near the ruins of a temple built by Dungi.CBS RegisterFind Context (Catalog Card)E.HMaterial (Catalog Card)Lapis lazuliMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)AlabasterMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B16228Measurement (X)950Measurement (Y)850Measurement (Z)800