Representations of humans or animals in almost 2D which are hand modeled or mold-pressed and may have been attached to a wall. These are separated from Figurines because they are square or rectangular in shape, carved in low relief, contain more than one subject, are part of a larger scene, or depict some type of action. 

Objects: Plaques/Reliefs Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
41 (none) (none) (none) Clay relief. fr. of. shewing lower parts of two figures wearing Sumerian skirts. [drawing 1:1]
98 (none) (none) (none) Veined agate fragment. Inscribed with a dedication to Nannar.
107 (none) 1923,1110.98 (none) Clay relief. Moulded: seated man and woman, embracing: full flounced Sumerian skirts. [drawing 1:1]
154 (none) (none) (none) Dolerite stela. Fr of, shewing rounded top of stela and head of god wearing cap with horns. About 8th century BC [Annotated] Drawn FgN
216 (none) 1923,1110.102 (none) Terracotta relief. [drawing 1:1]
277 (none) (none) (none) Stone fragment. Only traces of an inscription remain. Placed in IN/No. 1.
304 (none) (none) (none) Limestone relief. Fragment of, In bad condition. Subject: a man kneeling rt and castrating a bull (?): the bull much damaged: to l. part of a fowl (?) on a large scale. Probably Chaldaean period.
305 (none) (none) B15326 Limestone relief. Fragment of Showing a wall against which the top of the scaling ladder, and above the feet of a man: part of a siege subject. Found with U. 304
307 (none) 1923,1110.50 (none) Marble relief. Fr showing feathers or hair, possibly one side of a coiffure: certainly intended for inlay: hole in the back for fixing something (a face?) in the center.
366 (none) 1923,1110.122 (none) Clay plaque. Fr of. Unbaked. Lightly incised on smooth surface, the hind legs and tail of a lion r. thus [Drawing]
367 (none) (none) B15295 Clay plaque. Fragment. Unbaked. Surface smoothed and bordered with incised straight lines: on surface, lightly incised in the wet clay, a sketch of a bearded human head left with horned (?) headdress. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
518 (none) (none) B15184 Terracotta relief - Complete: greenish pottery. 2 male fig. advancing front. Each has tall feather(?) head-dress, long hair curled over ears, Semitic nose, long beard arranged in 3 rows of short curls and +long straight hair to a point: the right arm by the side, l. across body with in hand the litnus: drapery to knees, crossing legs diagonally. Behind, two legs to make the relief stand upright.
656 (none) (none) B15196 Terracotta relief of a lion probably only the core, moulded and intended to be covered over with a slip in which the finer detail was rendered. [drawing]
756 (none) (none) (none) Inscribed stone fragment. Portions of signs from bottom line of inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1.
897 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster fragment. From a figure of a lion (or sirus) carved in very high relief as part of the decoration of a mace head. [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.
988 (none) (none) (none) Stone fragment. Portions of 3 line inscription.
1001 (none) (none) (none) Steatite plaque. One side flat, one convex. Rectangular. Uninscribed. Sent to Baghdad. Found with U.1000
1012 (none) 1923,1110.99 (none) Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded, in a rectangular frame (shrine?) a female figure wearing turreted headdress, heavy cloak with big rosettes on shoulders, flounced skirt. In each hand a bottle (?): 4 large rosettes in field above shoulders. Features pinched and not recognizable. Broken off at knees.
1013 (none) (none) B15188 Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded. Replica (from same mould) as U.1012, but broken off a little bit below the waist.
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.
1018 (none) (none) B15186 Terracotta relief. Moulded. The Moon-god and his consort(?) seated side by side with arms around eachother. Male figure bearded and wearing bonnet. Female with hair over forehead and in heavy silk curls; both with flounced skirts, Complete except for chips off left bottom corner, out in bad condition. Light clay flaking to pink.
1022 (none) (none) (none) Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of group of 2 figures, bearded male figure wearing high lunar headdress: in field, above, crescent; behind male figure a staff with crescent top.
1026 (none) (none) B15200 Terracotta relief. Fragment. Part of a circular model table(?) on legs, of which one only remains; on top a stamped design of a bird, palm branches, a round object (fruit?) and an oblong like rectangular cartouche. Whitish clay.
1164 (none) (none) B15657 Clay Figurine. Fragment of. Red clay: moulded. Assyrian style. [drawing 1:1]

Related Terms

Figurines - Relief Plaque

Child Terms

Boundary Stones - Stelas

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