Hand Raised
Depiction of a person with a hand raised.
This category includes people with their hand or hands raised, they are not holding anything. The hand can be in front of the face, or above the head. Rarely are two hands raised above the head.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17131 | 31-43-426 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Goddess seated on an animal: in front of her a grotesque male (?) figure: between them, they hold a staff surmounted by a bird. Very crude work. (A) Complete except for head of second figure. Poor impression. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17151 | 31-43-456 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Two deities, a god and goddess, facing each other. Both wear the long dress with pleated flounces. (A) Complete except for feet. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17156 | 31-43-446 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Male figure bearded and clothed, facing left and grasping with both hands a tree(?). Another tree behind him. (A) Fragment, broken away at hips. | |
| 17178 | 31-43-452 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief of bearded god, full face the left hand raised and holding a bird (?). The right by the side. (A) Fragment, broken off at hips. | |
| 17251 | 31-43-43 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] | |
| 17315 | 31-43-45 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Hematite. Black. Cut down. Three standing figures, an animal, crescent moon. Two wedge like signs. | |
| 17321 | 31-43-61 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Marble (?). Brown. Sides convex. God standing behind a crescent on a pole and a second deity introducing the votary advances toward the pole. Dwarf like figure. Animal. | |
| 17325 | 31-43-40 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Grey. One roughly cut human figure and second carrying an animal (?) two spears? [second carrying an animal has been crossed out on catalog card] | |
| 17326 | 31-43-49 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Two standing figures. Between them crescent on a pole. A third figure inverted to the other two. | |
| 17332 | 31-43-17 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. 3 geese (?). | |
| 17334 | 31-43-41 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. Enkidu and Eabani fighting rampant lion. | |
| 17344 | 31-43-30 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Dark grey. Small portion missing. Presentation scene. Two standing figures before a seated god. Crescent moon. | |
| 18003A | 32-40-28 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded man with kilt advancing right. Head full face. (A) Complete. (B) Upper part to waist only. (C) Upper part to waist only. | |
| 18021 | 32-40-14 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Relief of demon facing left and holding sticks (?) by head with grotesque features, very small body. Fragment, from waist upwards. | |
| 18040A | 32-40-31 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude girl standing full face, left hand to breast, right raised to shoulder level. (the body has an almost Praxitelian curve!). (A) Complete, except for the lower leg. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Fragment, from the hips upwards. | |
| 18090 | 32-40-13 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Female figure facing right, in profile: both hands raised. Flat crown on head: straight flounced garment. Fragment: part of head and body below hips missing. | |
| 18138 | 32-40-19 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female figure standing in long plain dress with broad girdle, both hands holding an object to her breast. Complete. | |
| 18206 | 32-40-46 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta mould. For a relief. Standing god, in long robes, holding whip, standing on a beast, perhaps a sirrus. Feet and body of animal broken away. | |
 | 18404A | 33-35-332 | (none) | (none) | [A-S] Clay jar sealing. Fragment of. With impressed designs, apparently of milking scene (not all from the same seal) and round topped huts. |
| 18405 | 33-35-344 | (none) | (none) | Clay jar sealing, fragment of. With elaborate design including human figures. | |
| 18567 | 33-35-21 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Female figure, standing, facing right. Both hands raised in gesture of prayer. Long simple drapery, horned head dress. | |
| 18701 | 33-35-26 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Beaded man walking right: wears loose drapery and carries a flail (?) over his right shoulder: behind him a seated monkey. | |
| 18803 | (none) | 1935,0112.62 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Bearded man advancing rt and carrying in front of him in his left hand a goat; right hand rasied to mouth. Feet missing. | |
| 18922 | 35-1-16 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A god driving a chariot drawn by a winged gryphon(?); between the wings rises a goddess armed with a bow, in front of it is another god. One column of inscription. Inscription: Ur-gis-me-e (C.J.G.) |
| 18616B | 33-35-25 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Terracotta relief. Of full face female figure, wearing a high headdress with long curled ornaments on each side falling onto the shoulders, a double bead necklace to which the hands are raised. Broken about the waist. Two examples. |