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)
68 (none) (none) (none) Clay figurine. Snowman technique. Horseman (?) with traces on back of a cloak or shield decorated with circles. [drawing]
92 (none) (none) (none) Clay pot. Miniature. Rough, handmade, of red clay. Neck pierced with 2 holes for suspension. Type XXVII. [Drawing 1:1]
127 (none) (none) (none) Flint arrowhead. Very well chipped. [drawing 1:1]
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}
304 (none) (none) (none) Limestone relief. Fragment of, In bad condition. Subject: a man kneeling rt and castrating a bull (?): the bull much damaged: to l. part of a fowl (?) on a large scale. Probably Chaldaean period.
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]
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)
407 (none) (none) B15000 Terracotta figurine. Snowman technique. Upper part of female figure body board-like bird head. [drawing 1:1]
514 (none) (none) (none) Stone duck weight. Black schist(?) Fragmentary. The head carved with more detail than is usual. Type VI
611 (none) (none) B15198 Clay figurine of a bear. Forepart only. Reddish clay with creamy drab surface. [drawing]
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]
653 (none) (none) (none) Amulet(?). Fragment. (lower part missing) of a seated lion(?) carved in brown pebble. [drawing]
665 (none) (none) (none) Pot, fragments of: Handmade, of black ware. Ornamented, in imitation of metal work, with wreath, etc., + bold fluting in relief. Very remarkable stuff. See No.'s See for U.666, U.667 [drawing]
842 (none) (none) B15197 Clay vase of drab clay. In form of a grotesque pig with lifted snout. New Babylonian period.
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.
1114 31-43-350 (none) (none) Clay figurine. modelled : drab clay [drawing]
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.
1436 (none) (none) B15716 Bird. Drab clay: modeled. Bird body on pedestal, head and tail broken. Pierced through back - perhaps a rattle. P.
1440 (none) (none) B15703 Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P.
1443 (none) (none) B15706 Rattle. Light clay. Pig. Two legs broken. P: 15706
1445 31-43-316 (none) (none) Rattle. Red clay. Animal, head and legs broken off.
1447 (none) (none) B15705 Clay Fragment. Ram's head (broken), Drab clay. modeled.
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.
1535 (none) (none) B15692 Clay Head. Red drab clay: modeled, wearing low cap, the eyes separately attached. P.
1580 (none) (none) B15704 Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1]

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