16975 | 1931,1010.399
| Iconography: | Mythical Figure 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded 1 |
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Male 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta relief. Phallic grotesque. Full face male figure, nude, holding a faggot(?) with both hands = bandy legs and exaggerated penis. The face damaged and lip broken away as drawn. [drawing 1:1]2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | AH (dead house, monument room) |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | 009 x 0075 |
| U Number: | 16975 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic 1 |
| Description (Modern): | Relief |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay plaque depicting a nude figure in relief; mould-made; part of top-right missing; bow legged with large penis and wearing a belt; holds large sack (or musical instrument?); face and head damaged but has short beard and wears woolly cap or turban; thick and rectangular; damaged and partly missing from the knees down.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 127437 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1931,1010.3991 |
| Measurement (Height): | 811 |
| Measurement (Width): | 741 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 281 |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | No. 4 Paternoster Row | The front door preserved its original threshold, only just above street level, and there were no signs of its having ever been raised. | (none) |
- 1 Location
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) |
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Excavation Context: Ur >> AH Site | AH >> Paternoster Row >> No. 4 Paternoster Row