6750 | 1927,0527.225
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta figurine. Fragmentary. Head missing. Seated god. Full face above waist, in profile below. Right arm bent at elbow, piece of cloth? Hangs down over bare forearm, right hand holds crescent shaped object and a bag against the breast. Left arm bent at elbow and held away from the body. Left hand held upright, fingers missing. Figure is draped in a kaukanes skirt falling in 5 tiers of flounces. Arms bare, flowing beard falls down to chest. The feet of the figure, long and tapering to a point very distinctly arched, rest on paving. Throne on which figure is resting has two legs and a support in the middle. Low curved back to chair. E. [drawing 1:2]2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | From TTC |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | L. of fragment 105mm, W. from back of chair to front of knees, H. of chair 50mm, L. of foot 18mm [L.00mm, W.00mm based on 1:1 drawing] |
| U Number: | 6750 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Plaques/Reliefs 1 |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay plaque depicting seated male(?) figure in relief; mould-made; flat back and large finger depression in the bottom; figure sits on duck-headed chair; wears a pleated flounced skirt and has bare arms; the right arm is bent into the waist and the cupped fingers of his hand hold a small vase; his left arm is raised, the hand is missing; his feet are bare and elongated; some traces of bitumen. From the same mould as 1928,1010.403.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Material: | Organic Remains >> Bitumen 1 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1927,0527.225 |
| Measurement (Height): | 1141 |
| Measurement (Width): | 771 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 211 |
| Notes: | A Jar is referenced with this U number in UE 9 p.96 (type 124). No museum number. "U.6750 (glazed white with a yellow band) from the Persian level of E-hur-sag.. The type seems to revive one in use in the Larsa period" Possibly added later to this U number or a mistake in the publication. |
| [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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTC | TTC is shorthand for Trial Trench C, a trench dug in season 4 to explore a low-lying part of the temenos zone not yet excavated (later extended as area FH). The trench was never mapped, few artifacts were recorded from it and it does not appear in publication. Locating it relies on the few catalog cards that mention it and on an aerial photo from 1926. Catalog card references mention the "back of Hall's excavation" and "alongside mud brick wall running NE by SW, S of EgigPar and parallel with Temenos wall." South of the giparu there is no good candidate for the wall mentioned, but south of the ehursag there is and it is likely that egigpar was written when ehursag was intended. Furthermore, the area known as FH shows that the 'Front of Hall's excavation' was north-northwest of this building. Therefore, TTC at the 'back of Hall's excavation' should be south-southeast. The aerial photo shows a trench about 3.5 meters wide and 30 meters long that sits east-southeast of the ehursag and is very likely to be TTC. The only other possible candidate is a trench almost exactly the same size located southwest of the giparu, north of area EM. This trench, however, is mentioned in a season three field report (not given any abbreviation) as an exploration of an area to be dug the following season (area EM). Since that trench was dug in the season before artifacts are recorded as coming from TTC, the only trench that could be TTC is the one near area HT (ehursag). | (none) |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:182 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:33 Page:182 | (none) |
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