This techniques is the result of pressing moist clay into a hollow container that has been carved or otherwise indented with the shape or image that is desired to be  produced;. hand cut, incised and hand modelled additions may be made. 

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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)
1448 31-16-792 (none) (none) Clay Figurine. Fragment of, waist upwards only; green clay: Moulded
1407 (none) 1924,0920.94 (none) Mask. Red clay: moulded. Grotesque head.
1393 (none) 1924,0920.70 (none) Drab clay relief. Moulded figures. 2 figures seated side by side (on modeled seat) clothed, but one shoulder of each bare, extending each an arm towards the other. Crescent moon (?) above.
1392 (none) (none) B15643 Drab clay relief. Moulded. 2 figures standing, wearing flounced skirts, one with horned headdress. Crescent of moon and stars above. P.
1391 (none) 1924,0920.383 (none) Drab clay fragment. Relief of 2 birds facing each other branches. Moulded.
1390 31-16-806 (none) (none) Drab clay fragment. Skirt of seated figure between 2 birds. Moulded.
1387 31-16-832 (none) (none) Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure, chipped, and feet broken off.
1385 (none) 1924,0920.113 (none) Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Reddish clay: moulded. Bearded figure, with high headdress, the head in profile, and arms folded.
1384 (none) 1924,0920.93 (none) Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only; drab clay: moulded. Figure with horned headdress.
1377 (none) (none) B15647 Figurine. Drab clay: moulded figure, chair modeled. Bearded figure with headdress, seated facing. P
1376 (none) 1924,0920.79 (none) Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, the chair modeled. Female figure seated on chair (facing) holding cup in right hand.
1375 (none) (none) B15633 Figurine. Greenish grey clay: moulded. Female(?) figure seated on chair, (legs in profile) wearing horned headdress and flounced skirt. P.
1374 (none) 1924,0920.61 (none) Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Female figure wearing animal's skin over head and shoulders, and belt; holding circular object in both hands.
1371 (none) 1924,0920.59 (none) Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Female figure, nude, with necklace.
1370 (none) (none) B15660 Figurine. Light drab clay: moulded. Nude female figure. P.
1366 (none) 1924,0920.109 (none) Figurine. Fragment, lower part only. Drab clay: moulded. Female wearing skirt, walking right to left.
1365 31-16-815 (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, below waist only. Reddish clay: moulded. Female(?) figure in elaborately flounced skirt.
1352 31-16-852 (none) (none) Clay figurine. Drab clay. Moulded, head broken off. Female figure.
13506 33-35-44 (none) (none) Terracotta figurine. Bearded male figure carrying a monkey on his shoulders. Monkey, head and arms of man in profile, torso of man full face. Arms bent at elbow, forearm parallel with ground. In his left hand the man holds a rope which is attached to the monkey's neck. Figure missing below waist but probably the man was leading a second monkey. Example is of importance chronologically for it was found in the Larsa filling and against the inner face of the SE wall of the Nebuchadnezzar Temenos. The rubbish stratum is well dated to the _Larsa_ Period. It seems therefore that this figure is also represented on the Asshur-Nasir-Pal reliefs was already in the Assyrian period a cult object of a considerable antiquity and was not simply (as formerly supposed) a man leading in tribute to the king. Common type.
1349B (none) 1924,0920.98 (none) Clay Relief, Fragment of, drab clay, molded. Figure in profile (waist upwards only) apparently one of a group. There is a hooked attachment behind the figure.
1349A (none) 1924,0920.108 (none) Relief fragment. Drab clay: moulded. Figure in profile (waist upwards only) apparently one of a group. There is a hooked attachment behind the figure.
1348 (none) 1924,0920.90 (none) Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, feet broken. Nude female figure.
1347 (none) 1924,0920.65 (none) Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, broken away at knees. Female figure, nude, with headdress, necklace (3 or 4-fold) and belt.
1346 (none) 1924,0920.85 (none) Figurine. Light red clay: moulded. Broken away below knees. Female figure, nude, with left hand raised.
1341 (none) 1924,0920.88 (none) Figurine. Fragment, waist upward. Drab clay, moulded. Female figure, clother, with long hair, bearing infant in arms.

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