Bird
Depiction of a feathered animal.
This category includes all avians that are feathered, including ducks, swans, and all other fowl. These may or may not be flightless.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18215 | 33-35-12 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief, back of bedstead with two birds facing each other: below, crosses in circles (fragmentary) | |
 | 19484 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Seated deity and 2 standing figures : a goose and a scorpion. |
| 19573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. 2 registers : above, a banquet scene, below, spread eagle |
| 2916 | (none) | 1927,1003.143 | (none) | Terracotta hen. Head missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 407 | (none) | (none) | B15000 | Terracotta figurine. Snowman technique. Upper part of female figure body board-like bird head. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 601 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell carving. Fragmentary= [below] the Lagash(?) eagle, outstretched. The head, which was made separately, is missing, also tip of right wing, + left leg. Very beautiful work, intended for inlay. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6065 | (none) | (none) | B16300 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 3 grooves in middle divider scene, seated god and introduction of votary from 4 swans on lower half. About BC 2700. E. | |
| 6140A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bird's head. Baked clay. Drab. Fragmentary. [drawing] |
| 6406 | (none) | (none) | B16304 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400. | |
| 6608 | (none) | (none) | B16312 | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Undulating line of mountains and (spread eagle ?) About BC 2800. | |
| 6939 | (none) | (none) | B16268 | Terracotta mould. Fragmentary. Broken at bottom. Seated goddess feat resting on goose and second goose standing at right hand side. Cf. terracotta figurine identical in subject with this mould though not actually produced from it. E. | |
| 6988 | (none) | (none) | B16302 | Seal. Amethyst. Blue-violet. Flat on one side, convex on the other but not completely rounded, apex top. Hawk with spread wings, legs crossed in middle of breast. Neo-Babylonian. E. | |
| 7076B | (none) | (none) | B16267 | Terracotta figurine. Seated goddess in Kaunakes skirt, and holding a vase from which water pours on either side, against the breast. Long flowing hair falling down breast and done up in a knot over either ear. High horned headdress on either side of head a crescent moon. Behind throne a peacock, tail of which shows behind right hand side of the goddess and head behind left hand side. E. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 7118 | (none) | (none) | B16288 | Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers. Upper register. Spend eagle between 2 gazelles - standing club. Below. Net. Before 3000 BC. E. | |
| 7507 | (none) | (none) | B16826 | 12 duck beads. White paste. All pierced doubly. One fragmentary. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 7583 | (none) | (none) | B16903 | Cylinder seal. Fragment. Marble, White Scene of worship. Heavily draped god seated on throne without a back holding in outstretched left hand a bird? Above double crescent moon? & between seated god and advancing figure a second bird? Second advancing fig. clean shaven, & heavily draped in long flairing skirt, behind him a goose? and behind the goose a goddess? in a flounced kaunakes skirt, both arms upraised? Behind the throne of the seated god Gilgamesh? with tail. | |
| 8290 | (none) | (none) | B16863 | Cylinder seal. Shell. Pinkish. Slightly blackened by fire. Two registers. Subject indistinct. Above: A spread eagle. Below: A kneeling? man, and a snake? occupying the full length of the seal 2 winged dragons, crossed, and a rampant bull. | |
| 9513 | (none) | (none) | B16941 | Cylinder seal Dark green steatite The eagle grasping 2 stags | |
| 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. |
Related Terms
Fish - Frog - Insect - Mammal - Serpent/Snake - Unknown - Biped - Unknown - Quadruped - Turtle