Figural Objects

This category includes objects that are made in the shape of humans or animals, either free standing or on plaques.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
7599	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seated figure? Limestone. White. Fragment. Left-hand in high relief represented as clasping the cross piece of the seat of a throne. Part of vertical support of throne at back, and notched front leg? alone remain. On right side remains of bottom of garment of figure, vertical incised parallel lines marking like folds. Back rounded.
7600	(none)	(none)	B17195	Lion. Limestone. White. Fragment. Broken away behind back of head represented as couched, head resting on forelegs tips of which are missing. Flattened base. Cavity running length-ways down the middle of the body to receive post. Existing portion broken and mended.
7601	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Male figure (missing below waist). Head, arms and legs in profile, trunk full face. Right arm raised behind head and wielding an object? In right hand, left arm bent at elbow and held down-wards grasps in left hand the head of conquered foe? [drawing 1:1]
7602	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Broken below waist. Nude female suckling child against breast, supporting it with left hand and holding the right against its head. Left hand of female figure holds her right wrist. Female wears a fillet round head, earrings and a necklace. Twisted plait of hair falls down either side of head and ends in a thick curl on the shoulder. [drawing 1:1]
7633	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature hands. Alabaster. White. Fragment. Part of statuette? representing a figure with right hand clasped over left. 4 fingers of left hand and 2 of right alone remain. Tips of 2 fingers of right hand only, nails carefully carved. Tips of fingers of left hand missing; hand partially closed. Little finger of right hand rests on first finger of left hand.
7668	(none)	1935,0113.378	(none)	Terracotta statuette. Water buffalo? Head alone remains, missing below neck. [drawing 1:1]
7669	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Head missing. Nude female. One hand on each prest in high relief. [drawing 1:1] Neo-Babylonian
7670	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Hands clasped below breast. Head and feet missing. Female wears necklace and wrist bangles. Between the breasts a rosette and on either side a vertical post? decorated at intervals with rosettes. [drawing 1:1]
7671	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female wearing fillet? round forehead. Hands clasped below breast. Missing below knees. In high relief. Back as usual unmodeled; rough overlap with jagged edges to each side of back. [drawing 1:1]
7672	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Top half missing. Lower half of figure in long flowing dress standing on bearded goat. [drawing 1:1]
7673	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female in low relief, right arm held below breast, left arm bent at elbow and upraised. [drawing 1:1]
7674	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Head of goddess wearing high horned headdress. Concave back.
7675	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Head only remains. Female with broad fillet round forehead and hair done up in a thick curl on either side of ear. [drawing 1:1]
7676	(none)	1928,1009.466	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Top portion missing. 2 maile figures clad in short tunics and standing on either side of entrance to shrine? Each grasps the ribbed door post in one hand. [drawing 1:1]
7686	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta animal. Dog? Dark green painted line down middle of head running at right angles to dark green line across top of head and traces of same paint round neck. [drawing 1:1]
7687	(none)	(none)	B17210	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Hands clasped below breast. Missing below knees. Hair represented by fine parallel raised bands and flowing down at side onto shoulders. [drawing 1:1]
7691	(none)	(none)	(none)	Originally part of female figurine. Glazed, originally blue, bleached white.
770	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay statuette. Snowman technique. [drawing]
771	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay mask. Fragment of, in whitish clay. [drawing 1:1]
772	(none)	1923,1110.121	(none)	Clay model of animal intestines? Roughly made out of crumbly and lightly baked creamish clay. [drawing]
773	(none)	1923,1110.120	(none)	Clay model of animal intestines? of powdery poorly baked clay; afterwards accidentally burnt and damaged. Like U but in worse condition.
777	(none)	1923,1110.112	(none)	Terracotta mask fr. of. in pinkish-drab clay. [drawing 1:1]
7846	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone fragment. Steatite. Containing two archaic signs. HC.50. B.
787	(none)	1923,1110.48	(none)	Human head. Limestone = fragment of = for inlay, or for a figure carved in another material. Hollow behind, the eyes were inlaid. [The following does not refer to an animal, but is likely an abbreviation for catalog. No further context.] Cat. [drawing 1:1]
788	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Upper part of female figure, nude, with long curls and hands clasped below breasts. [drawing 1:1]