8473 | 1928,1009.471
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Female 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 1 |
| Technique: | Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta head of female Upper right-hand side of head missing Hair falls down side of head in long tresses Pronounced chin, straight nose and slight ridge in middle of forehead Hellenistic style? [drawing] 1:1 sketch2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | found against SE face of Ziggurat UR |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | Ht 0095 w of face 007 |
| U Number: | 8473 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 05: 1926-1927 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic 1 |
| Season Number: | 06: 1927-1928 |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay figurine depicting female in high relief; mould-made; head only remaining; clear facial features; circular impressions highlight the hair or head-dress; flat back.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 120913 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1928,1009.4711 |
| Measurement (Height): | 901 |
| Measurement (Width): | 771 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 461 |
| [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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziggurat Terrace | ZT | The excavation area abbreviation ZT stands for Ziggurat Terrace. It was used for any portion of the terrace on which the ziggurat stood, though other more specific abbreviations were also used. For example, the abbreviation PDW refers to the northern side of the terrace, west of the Great Nannar Courtyard (PD), and HD refers to the southern part of the terrace. Early references using the abbreviation ZT refer specifically to excavations along the terrace retaining wall itself. Later references, however, mention specific areas on top the terrace such as the so-called 'boat shrine.' The abbreviation also refers to deep clearing of the terrace fill, particularly on the north side in later excavation seasons, though the abbreviation Zig.31 was most often used for this. Woolley uncovered large areas of the retaining wall that supported the platform known as the ziggurat terrace. He found that it was decorated with large wall cones. These cones bore an inscription of Urnamma but there is evidence that the terrace in some form existed in the Early Dynastic period as well. The Urnamma retaining wall was slanted to support the terrace, was 1.7 meters high, 34 meters wide, and was decorated with 5-meter-wide buttresses about 4 meters apart. The inscribed cones dedicate the terrace to the moon god, Nanna, and show that it was called e-temen-ni-gur, which translates as, "house, foundation platform clad in terror." (Woolley read this e-temen-ni-il). | (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:38 Page:179 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:38 Page:179 | (none) |
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