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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr. of (amulet? or) inlay made of frit, originally green glazed. The lower part of a uraeus snake with wings low down: curious type. [drawing 1:1] |
| 233 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell amulet. in form of demon's head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 412 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell amulet. Human face, full front: rough cut. [drawing 1:1] |
| 498 | (none) | (none) | B15257 | Carnelian head of Puzu. Looking very sick. | |
| 653 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet(?). Fragment. (lower part missing) of a seated lion(?) carved in brown pebble. [drawing] |
| 1141 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pebble head of snake. Green pebble. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1270 | (none) | (none) | B15724 | Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1271 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tortoise. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. Under side plain. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1272 | (none) | (none) | B15720 | Clay Frog. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (small) P. [drawing] | |
| 1273 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog. Drab clay. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1274 | (none) | (none) | B15719 | Clay Frog. Light drab clay. With traces of green pigment (glaze?) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273. P. | |
| 1277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Light clay. Pierced horizontally for suspension. (head missing) [drawing 1:1] |
| 1279 | (none) | (none) | B15721 | Clay duck. Like U.1278. P. | |
| 1280 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Light. Clay. Pierced vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1281 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Like U.1280 |
| 1282 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. Like U.1280 |
| 1283 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay duck. (head missing) Like U.1280. |
| 1285 | (none) | (none) | B15591 | Stone amulet. (?) Black stone, polished. Conventionalized representation of two heads (possibly rams?) and bodied, shoulder to shoulder, the bodies adorned with incised lines - the back plain. (pierced vertically for suspension) [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1359 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Shell amulet. In form of a left hand; pierced at wrist for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1425 | (none) | (none) | B15595 | Figurine. Upper part of small -silver- steatite figurine of a bearded and corpulent man holding left hand to breasts: right arm and legs missing. A small -prong- socket on top of the head served for suspension as a charm. | |
| 1439B | (none) | (none) | B15597 | Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension. |
| 1464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small clay model, apparently of a dog crouching on top of a box: perhaps used as a pendant charm. |
| 1559 | (none) | (none) | B15722 | Amulet. Small duck. Clay, with traces of green glaze. Pierced vertically for suspension. P. | |
| 1621 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Pig's head. Pierced between ears for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2509 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. White shell. Lion? Or bull? Roughly carved. [drawing 1:1] |
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