577http://www165.123.244.137/subject/577/MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania MuseumObject TypePlaques/ReliefsIconographySkirtIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.IconographyHeaddress/CrownIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.IconographyMaleIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.IconographyBeardedIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.IconographyHairIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.IconographyHolding OtherIconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.TechniqueMold PressedTechnique tagged by Penn Museum research team.Season Number01: 1922-1923TechniqueIncisedMaterialTerracottaU Number518Description (Archival)Plaque - 'The Twin Gods' in relief CBS Register: terracotta. moulded plaque. twin gods with club and scimitar. 2 posts to serve as base UE VII: The Twin Gods, two bearded gods wearing the feather crown and carrying weapons and small buckets, advance side by side. Legrain suggests that they represent the infernal gods Nergal and Mes-lam-ta-e-a.Description (Catalog Card)Terracotta relief - Complete: greenish pottery. 2 male fig. advancing front. Each has tall feather(?) head-dress, long hair curled over ears, Semitic nose, long beard arranged in 3 rows of short curls and +long straight hair to a point: the right arm by the side, l. across body with in hand the litnus: drapery to knees, crossing legs diagonally. Behind, two legs to make the relief stand upright.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Relief plaque of two bearded gods, hands on each others shoulders. One is holding a club or scimitar. Headdresses are tall with incised vertical lines. Light grayish clay. Find Context (Catalog Card)Found E of the railway line, on the surface.Material (Catalog Card)ClayMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (UPM B-number)B15184Measurement (Catalog Card)Width: .0065; Ht. .010Measurement (X)102Measurement (Y)65Measurement (Z)35