Horned Headdress
Depiction of a headdress with horns, showing divinity.
This category includes headdress that have horns, multiple horns signifies divinity.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | (none) | (none) | B14991 | Terracotta bust. of a god wearing the horned tiara and heavy curls on shoulders. Good bold modelling, moulded and finished by hand. Eemuriana [written in red pencil] [drawing 1:1] | |
| 368A | (none) | (none) | B14964 | [A] Stone mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: a god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing a single horn: above two crescents. (B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad) | |
| 685 | (none) | (none) | B15249 | Cylinder seal. Back steatite. Subject: a seated god approached by 2 supplicants: above, the sun: the composition is divided up by a roughly rendered rope(?) pattern which coils above the god and first supplicant and below the second.[drawing] | |
| 978 | (none) | (none) | B15187 | Terracotta relief. Broken. Upper part of figure of Astarti? Holding a goose or swan. The background bears a crescent moon and stars. | |
| 1011 | (none) | (none) | B15185 | Terracotta relief. Moulded. Whitish clay. Male figure, bearded, with horned cap and vertically pleated skirt, showing left knee, cloak over shoulders: bull's ears. Left hand against body, right carries object like axe. Broken at knees. | |
| 1014 | (none) | (none) | B15189 | Terracotta relief. Moulded. Seated female figure. Very elaborate headdress. Grotesque features, flounced skirt: hands on breasts: in field, crescent (above head) and dotted circles. Much damaged by salt flaking. Red clay. | |
| 1020 | (none) | (none) | B15181 | Terracotta relief. Moulded. Fragment of bearded male head wearing high horned cap from which descend on each side spiral curls containing a cross white the side locks of hair also end in spirals. [drawing of spirals] | |
| 1244 | (none) | 1924,0920.96 | (none) | Upper part terracotta relief of a god with horned headdress carrying curved weapon upon right shoulder. | |
| 1267 | (none) | (none) | B15592, B15592 | Cylinder seal; scene of "introduction" to seated god facing right, with star and crescent above. Inscription: Lugal-asum-gal (cf. U.1268) mar Ur-sul. Su-du-a. | |
| 1268 | (none) | (none) | B15593, B15593 | Cylinder seal in 2 registers: above, scene of "introduction" to a goddess. A woman is led forward by a female protecting deity. In lower register, 3 swans. Inscription: Ahat-ilti. Assat Lugal-usum-gal. (cf.U1267) | |
| 1302 | (none) | 1924,0920.72 | (none) | Upper portion of relief with figure similar to U.1301. | |
| 1304 | (none) | (none) | B15681 | Upper part of clay relief with figure similar to preceding, but beardless, and clasping his hands instead of holding weapons. P. | |
| 1307 | (none) | 1924,0920.112 | (none) | Upper part of clay relief showing a god with horned headdress and curved staff over left shoulder standing between 2 tall symbols on poles, or weapons. | |
| 1375 | (none) | (none) | B15633 | Figurine. Greenish grey clay: moulded. Female(?) figure seated on chair, (legs in profile) wearing horned headdress and flounced skirt. P. | |
| 1384 | (none) | 1924,0920.93 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only; drab clay: moulded. Figure with horned headdress. | |
| 1392 | (none) | (none) | B15643 | Drab clay relief. Moulded. 2 figures standing, wearing flounced skirts, one with horned headdress. Crescent of moon and stars above. P. | |
| 1527 | (none) | (none) | B15689 | Clay Figurine. Fragment of, head and shoulders only, drab clay: moulded. Bearded figure in high horned headdress. P. | |
| 1528 | (none) | (none) | B15654 | Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Red clay, yellow surface: moulded. Figure in horned headdress. P. | |
| 1569 | (none) | 1924,0920.106 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Bearded figure with low horned headdress. | |
| 1579 | (none) | (none) | B15646 | Figurine. Red clay, light surface; moulded. Female figure, seated, with flounced skirt, horned headdress, and with rays behind head. P. | |
| 1603 | (none) | 1924,0920.92 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure in high horned headdress. | |
| 1612 | (none) | 1924,0920.71 | (none) | Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Greenish clay; moulded. Bearded head with high horned headdress. | |
| 1721 | (none) | (none) | B15631 | Figurine. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress, holding emblems. Found with cylinder seal U.1720. P. | |
| 1728 | (none) | (none) | B15640 | Terracotta relief. 2 figures (intact). Left bearded god with long flounced dress, holds scepter (?) in right hand; full face; left hand across chest; right goddess with tall horned crown, flounced skirt and shawl, over left shoulder, left hand across chest, right hand on shoulder of male figure: full face. The plaque stands upright on a slightly hollow base. P. | |
| 1743 | (none) | (none) | B15683 | Terracotta relief. Female figure, full face, apparently seated but body and legs in one plane. Hands raised to breasts. Horned high headdress with spiral curls to shoulders, flounced dress with full sleeves. Surface of clay badly flaked. P. |
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