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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 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. | |
| 1024 | (none) | (none) | B15194 | Terracotta figure. Fr. of. Moulded, and finished by hand. Head and shoulders of a duck. Reddish clay. | |
| 1228 | (none) | 1924,0920.128 | (none) | Clay model of a bird, with conventional leg like a vase, the neck broken off. A child's rattle wings rendered by cross-hatching on back. A hole pierced under tail. [drawing] | |
| 1246 | (none) | 1935,0113.24 | (none) | Fragment terracotta relief, showing right shoulder and arm of human figure holding staff surmounted by a bird. [drawing] | |
| 1247 | (none) | (none) | B15698 | Portion terracotta model probably the head (or foot) of a bed, of which 2 legs remain. The head is decorated inside, quarterly with low reliefs of geese or ducks, and cocks. P. [drawing] | |
| 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) | |
| 1391 | (none) | 1924,0920.383 | (none) | Drab clay fragment. Relief of 2 birds facing each other branches. Moulded. | |
| 1436 | (none) | (none) | B15716 | Bird. Drab clay: modeled. Bird body on pedestal, head and tail broken. Pierced through back - perhaps a rattle. P. | |
| 1440 | (none) | (none) | B15703 | Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P. | |
| 1554 | (none) | 1924,0920.117 | (none) | Relief. Fragment from bedstead. Red drab clay; moulded. 2 birds facing each other with stylized fish(?) between them. | |
| 1559 | (none) | (none) | B15722 | Amulet. Small duck. Clay, with traces of green glaze. Pierced vertically for suspension. P. | |
| 1581 | (none) | 1924,0920.115 | (none) | Chair. Drab clay: moulded. With herring-bone pattern on seat, and 2 birds facing each other, with branches of tree; the back broken and legs broken off. | |
| 1630 | (none) | 1924,0920.382 | (none) | Relief. On the back of a broken chair. Drab clay; moulded. 2 figures (nude) with high headdresses, standing side beside. Round them birds. | |
| 1726 | (none) | 1924,0920.101 | (none) | Relief. Fragment from back of chair; drab clay; moulded. 2 female(?) figures facing each other with 2 birds on poles and tripod (?) between them. | |
| 1768 | (none) | 1924,0920.373 | (none) | Figurine. Red clay. Female, robed, arms raised, feet, broken, worn. [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. | |
| 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] |
Related Terms
Fish - Frog - Insect - Mammal - Serpent/Snake - Unknown - Biped - Unknown - Quadruped - Turtle