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)
1377	(none)	(none)	B15647	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded figure, chair modeled. Bearded figure with headdress, seated facing. P
1378	(none)	1924,0920.102	(none)	Mould. Reddish grey clay, for figurines of nude females with necklace and belt. Top of head broken.
1379	(none)	1924,0920.104	(none)	Mould. Fragment. Drab clay. For nude female figure, waist upwards only, remainder broken away.
1529	(none)	(none)	B15679	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace, partly clothed, with flat headdress. Legs broken. P.
1530	(none)	1924,0920.97	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only only. Red drab, clay: moulded. Female figure, clothed with conical headdress, bracelets and necklace.
1531	(none)	(none)	B15655	Figurine. Fragment., below waist upwards only: drab clay: moulded. Female figure, same type as U.1530. P.
1553	(none)	(none)	B15663	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with 4-strand necklace; feet broken off. P.
1569	(none)	1924,0920.106	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Bearded figure with low horned headdress.
1579	(none)	(none)	B15646	Figurine. Red clay, light surface; moulded. Female figure, seated, with flounced skirt, horned headdress, and with rays behind head. P.
1600	(none)	(none)	B15685	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Light clay; moulded. Female figure with 4-fold necklace and hair curled. P.
1601	(none)	(none)	B15664	Figurine. Green clay; moulded. Broken away above knees downwards. Female figure, nude, with low headdress and curls on shoulders. P.
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.
1725	(none)	1924,0920.107	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only: drab clay; moulded; nude female figure.
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]
1780	(none)	(none)	B15662	Figurine. Red clay. Female, nude with necklace. [drawing 1:1]
6002	(none)	(none)	B16287	Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Below, figure Gilgamesh? prostrate above, offering to Ea, heraldic animals, etc. c. BC 2300. ? Brick. VII
6255	(none)	(none)	B16306	Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Shamash with horned mitre and notched sword in hand steps on a crouching bull a worshipper brings a kid as an offering. The god Martu with a short club in hand, short garment and a round woolen turban is followed by a worshipper with clasped hands, and a servant. Two small figures - a bifrons with clasped hands and a nude servant with libation cone in hand. About BC 1900. E.
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)
6692	(none)	(none)	B16254	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Fragmentary, lost below knees. Common type. Hands clasped over breast in attitude of prayer. E. [drawing 1:1]
6982	(none)	(none)	B16285	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Scene of worship. Votary introduced by minor god to seated Shamash. Attributes Tripod. About BC 2400. 2300 BC?
7046	(none)	(none)	B16305	Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Scene of worship. Votary introduced by minor god to Nannar. Attributes. Seated dog with crooked stick of Martu on his head. Libra and Ampulla. 1st Babylonian dynasty About 2000 BC
7107	(none)	(none)	B16255	Terracotta Figurine. Naked female, hands clasped against waist. Common type. [drawing 1:1] E
7539	(none)	(none)	B17206	Terracotta figurine. Enthroned goddess wearing flounced kaunakes dress, high horned headdress, hair hangs below shoulders and ends in a curl. Both hands clasped over waist. High horned headdress rising in tiers. Throne has a straight back to it.. Behind the seat at an angle of 45 degrees to it are two fragmentary legs protruding well behind the plaque os that the plaque could have originally stood vertically, supported by its props on the table. On either side of the headdress horns and from either side of the top cow's ears. [drawing 1:3]