Animal/Human Shaped
This category includes small animal or human representations pierced for hanging.
Animal/human pendants are more than likely amulets, but have been named based on their shape rather than their possible function. The majority of the human shaped pendants are Humbaba or Pazuzu. The animals come in a variety of forms from birds to bulls.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6893A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu. Head of white frit. Surface mostly destroyed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6906 | (none) | (none) | B16363 | Frog bead. Black steatite. E. |
| 6926 | (none) | (none) | B16350 | Bull pendant. Mottled greenish marble. Flat base. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6936 | (none) | (none) | B16351 | Puzuzu head. Black steatite. E. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 6938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant bird. Miniature. Copper. On round base. In text: Neo-Babylonian period(14) |
| 6944 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. Limestone. Grey. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7097 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant. Duck. Miniature. Frit. Grey. B. |
| 7098 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu. Head of white shell. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7563 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Frog. Frit. [faint drawing] |
| 7678 | (none) | (none) | B16818 | Puzuzu. Miniature head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8072 | (none) | (none) | B16806 | Amulet of grey slate in form of a bird. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8073 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet of mother o'pearl Inlaid with 2 spots of lapis of which one has dropped out. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8269 | (none) | (none) | B16685 | Bull pendant. Gold. Reclining bull. Body in profile - bearded head turned to the left originally there were 4 small gold beads tied to right side of body for attachment to a chain; only two of these now remain. | |
| 8334 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone amulet of red pebble with white markings. Crescent shaped. Flat with rounded edges: pierced for suspension by 2 holes from the tops of the crescent meeting in the middle. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8471 | (none) | (none) | B17200 | Amulet Frit Squatting monkey Originally green - now bleached. [drawing] 1:1 | |
| 9610 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Phallic Amulet Gold foil; hollow within, The piece was originally set in some material: possibly stone, for minute pins project from the edge over the interior to hold the setting in position. Pins apparently made of copper. |
| 10008 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog Amulet. Lapis [drawing] |
| 10009 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet Lapis In form of a seated ram [drawing] 1:1 |
| 10378 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Agate Amulet Heart-shaped Pierced vertically for suspension Cylindrical core of reddish paste running through hole For shape see Field Note |
| 10985 | (none) | (none) | B16726 | Amulet. Lapis. In form of a bearded bull, reclining attached to an oblong carnelian bead and a lapis double diamond. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 11437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulet. Lapis. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11966A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Amulet. Lapis. in form of a fish; and with it [B] a carnelian lentoid pendant. Fish (tail broken ancietly) |
| 12061 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Amulet. In shape of a human leg & foot. Perforated at top for suspension. [Annotated} Cf. U.16114. [drawing] |
| 12183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Statuette-Copper dog. Statuette intended for suspension. Perforated hoop at back of neck. Dog is squatting on its haunches and has a twisted collar round neck. On top of head an upstanding band of copper. Dog represented with mouth agape-barking? Assyrian style. See drawing in field notes. |
| 12375D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A.1-.2] Small gold lunate earring. [B.1-.2] Two heavy gold wire spiral coil hair rings [C] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [D] Amulet or bulla of gold with embossed design, set with 2 small lapis eyes, originally fixed on to a solid back. [E] Necklace of lapis lentoid beads. [F] Silver pin V B with fluted lapis ball head rest in gold. [G] Silver pin VI B with lapis ball head set in gold [H-I] Two finger rings, gold, made from spiral wire coils. |
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