Handmade
Technique of creating an object by hand, or hand tools.
This category contains terms that are related to the making of objects by hand or by using hand toos. This is a non-mechanical process.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | (none) | (none) | B14956 | Steatite box-lid. fr. of; Circular: the top carved with a rosette of which the petals were originally inlaid; two holes are pierced through the lid from side to side for strings. [Drawing 1:1} | |
| 368A | (none) | (none) | B14964 | [A] Stone mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: a god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing a single horn: above two crescents. (B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad) | |
| 311 | (none) | (none) | B14991 | Terracotta bust. of a god wearing the horned tiara and heavy curls on shoulders. Good bold modelling, moulded and finished by hand. Eemuriana [written in red pencil] [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1016 | (none) | (none) | B14993 | Terracotta figure. Snowman technique. Whitish clay. Male figure with whiskers and beard (applique) and heavy bonnet, wearing chiton and mantle. Crude work: broken above knees. Whitish clay. | |
| 407 | (none) | (none) | B15000 | Terracotta figurine. Snowman technique. Upper part of female figure body board-like bird head. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 645 | (none) | (none) | B15191 | Terracotta figurine (fr. of) moulded. Seated on a chair, a female figure wearing a dress from neck to ankles + with full sleeves. The bodice treated in narrow pleats, the skirt in 5 flounces of close pleating, border of smocking (?) round neck. Hands clasped in front of body, head missing. The chair +drapery make a solid front: behind project two stumps to make the relief stand up. [drawing] | |
| 842 | (none) | (none) | B15197 | Clay vase of drab clay. In form of a grotesque pig with lifted snout. New Babylonian period. | |
| 611 | (none) | (none) | B15198 | Clay figurine of a bear. Forepart only. Reddish clay with creamy drab surface. [drawing] | |
| 1785 | (none) | (none) | B15649 | Figurine. Red clay. Male. Head and trunk only. Cracks in head and beard. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1231 | (none) | (none) | B15672 | Upper part of a clay figuine of a man in cone shaped cap, with staff (?) over rt. shoulder; left arm broken away, eyes applied. The "Staff" curves over shoulder into a crook shape. | |
| 1754 | (none) | (none) | B15686 | Clay Figurine. Hand-modeled. Female (?) figure in snowman technique: elaborate applied headdress. Arms broken, but were free; figure broken at waist, part of chest flaked off. P. | |
| 1535 | (none) | (none) | B15692 | Clay Head. Red drab clay: modeled, wearing low cap, the eyes separately attached. P. | |
| 1524 | (none) | (none) | B15702 | Bedstead (or chair) Drab clay. 2 legs and back missing. Decorated with 6(?) panels in relief, like the quarterings of a shield. P. | |
| 1440 | (none) | (none) | B15703 | Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P. | |
| 1580 | (none) | (none) | B15704 | Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1447 | (none) | (none) | B15705 | Clay Fragment. Ram's head (broken), Drab clay. modeled. | |
| 1443 | (none) | (none) | B15706 | Rattle. Light clay. Pig. Two legs broken. P: 15706 | |
| 1761 | (none) | (none) | B15707 | Terracotta figurine. Pig. 2 rear legs missing, incised on belly. P. 15707 [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1436 | (none) | (none) | B15716 | Bird. Drab clay: modeled. Bird body on pedestal, head and tail broken. Pierced through back - perhaps a rattle. P. | |
| 1760 | (none) | (none) | B15723 | Terracotta figurine hand-modeled. a goat [drawing 1:1] P. | |
| 6782 | (none) | (none) | B16228 | Head of Ningal? Alabaster. White. Eyes inlaid in lapis lazuli. E. [illegible, possibly resinous] cast in BM 118564. | |
| 3023 | (none) | (none) | B16252 | Terracotta bedstead. Buffware with rough rush pattern. Legs broken off. | |
| 6194 | (none) | (none) | B16261 | Baked clay figurine. Drab. Priest? heavily draped horns on right shoulder. Long blue beard running down to waist. Fragmentary. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6664 | (none) | (none) | B16265 | Clay statuette. Baked. Seated female figure, naturalistic above, peg shaped below. Heavily cut large eye sockets. Prominent breasts. Incised marks below neck indicate collar of cloak. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6768A | (none) | (none) | B16272A | PAP-SU-GAL. Mud figures of. Traces of white plaster remain. Human bodies with dog heads, left hand held across chest; right arm bent at elbow and held upright. CBS16271? [Confirmed: 16273] According to UE VIII pl. 34 there is a D, also PCBS 15271. |
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Carved - Chipped - Coiled - Hammered - Hand Modeled - Hand Pressed - Pinched - Snowman - Twisted