Description (Archival): Relief plaque, upper part of goddess with bird     
Description (Catalog Card): Terracotta relief. Broken. Upper part of figure of Astarti? Holding a goose or swan. The background bears a crescent moon and stars.3     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay4     
Measurement (Catalog Card): actual length 0.08     
U Number: 978     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Object Type: Figural Objects >> Plaques/Reliefs      
Season Number: 01: 1922-1923      
Description (Modern): Relief plaque of a goddess holding a duck. Broken below waist. Background has incised circles and a crescent shape (moon). Horned headress and long hair, one hand holding the duck, the other bent over torso. Brownish gray color.      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B15187     
Measurement (X): 80     
Measurement (Y): 68     
[1] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[2] Technique tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[3] Woolley's description
[4] Material as described by Woolley

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Unknown Woolley did not list a location. (none)
  • 1 Location
Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
British Museum Photo Negatives British Museum Photo Negatives (none) (none) (none)
Clay Figurines of Babylonia and Assyria Clay Figurines of Babylonia and Assyria 1930 Elizabeth Douglas Van Buren (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (none)
Leon Legrain Note Card Leon Legrain Note Card (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:228 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:228 (none)
  • 5 Media