Hands Clasped Below Breasts

This category contains depictions of a human who has their hands at or near their waist, possibly holding an object. This is also a depiction of prayer.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
1746	(none)	1924,0920.114	(none)	Terracotta relief. Fragment. Upper part of female figure, full face: curious double headdress: hair elaborately ringed: cloak over shoulders bbelow bead collar meeting above breasts, rosette on left shoulder: hands clasped below breasts.
1767	(none)	1924,0920.376	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Female, nude, upright, feet broken. [drawing 1:1]
1772	(none)	1924,0920.377	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay, female, nude,. Head, trunk and thighs only. [drawing 1:1]
2530	31-16-907	(none)	(none)	Drab clay figurine. Male with flounced dress. Head missing. [drawing 1:1]
2978	31-16-785	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude votaress with clasped hands. [drawing 1:1]
6306	(none)	(none)	(none)	Diorite STATUE of SHULGI. Mutilated. King standing with hands clasped as a worshipper. "To Nannar, his king, Shulgi, the mighty one "King of Ur (king of S and A), for his life, has "presented it. This statue: Nannar the wall (_________ so is the name of the statue)." King is dressed with a fringed shawl passing over the left shoulder. B. Photo 558 H.C. Text: Dim-tab-ba Temple(3)
11428	30-12-51	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell much decayed.
12017	30-12-43	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Green stone.
12782	31-16-772	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figure. Moulded. Female, hands clasped, full face, seated, wearing horned cap and dress of pleated flounces to feet.
12786	31-16-850	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Fragment of moulded female figure, nude, with hands clasped below breasts : full face broken off at waist.
12788	31-16-773	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Fragment. Moulded. Female figure, full face, from waist upwards; hands clasped below breasts, fillet round hair, torso nude.
13663	31-17-23	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Broken. God and worshipper, crescent and emblem. Fragment of inscription. steatite. HC.1929/30 - 100.
15747	31-16-843	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female wearing wig. Hands clasped below breast. Two large strings of beads round neck.
16223	31-43-381	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Upper part only of nude female figure. [drawing 1:1]
16262	31-43-37	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene with standing god and three other figures.
16300	31-43-380	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Fragment. Legs missing. Draped female figure, the head disproportionately large. [drawing 1:1]
16438C	31-43-388	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines: Female figure, nude, Type III, c.x. (as 1); (A) Fragment from hips up; (B) Complete, standing on base, much damaged by salt; (C) Fragment head and feet missing.; (D) Fragment head missing; (E) Fragment head and legs below knees missing; (F) Fragment from hands upwards (1371); (G)Broken away above ankles: most resembles No. 3 (1371) (H) complete down to knees (no more moulded than this); (J) Damaged & missing below hands, face rubbed, poor; (K) Complete: fair condition. (L) Fragment: the left arm and the body below the hands missing. (M) Complete, from miniature mould, poor impression.
16438K	31-43-390	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines: Female figure, nude, Type III, c.x. (as 1); (A) Fragment from hips up; (B) Complete, standing on base, much damaged by salt; (C) Fragment head and feet missing.; (D) Fragment head missing; (E) Fragment head and legs below knees missing; (F) Fragment from hands upwards (1371); (G)Broken away above ankles: most resembles No. 3 (1371) (H) complete down to knees (no more moulded than this); (J) Damaged & missing below hands, face rubbed, poor; (K) Complete: fair condition. (L) Fragment: the left arm and the body below the hands missing. (M) Complete, from miniature mould, poor impression.
16462	31-43-441	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Bearded worshipper? with turban and skull cap. (A) fragment only preserved from the waist up. [drawing]
16481B	31-43-382	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Woman's head with disk(?) below. (A) Flat and much worn. Very coarse modeling and face peculiar perhaps Kassite?; (B) Very poor impression and complete. (C) Complete. [drawing 1:1]
16491A	31-43-396	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped female figure standing with hands to breast. Good design, well modeled. (A) complete, good condition. [drawing 1:1]
16901B	31-43-378	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Female with flounced cloak, otherwise nude, hands to breasts. [drawing] (A) Fragment preserved from the hips up; (B) Fragment from the hands up: similar but smaller mould.
16902A	31-43-383	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female with hands to breasts. High relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away at knees; good condition; (B) Fragment head an feet missing.
16916	31-43-418	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Goddess or woman. Nude(?) with hands clasped below breast : on background, crescent moons and stars. A) fragment broken away at waist. [drawing 1:1]
16939A	31-43-386	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y