Figurines
This category includes objects that are representations of humans or animals that are in 3D and may have been free standing.
Representations of humans or animals in 3D which are hand modeled or mold-pressed and may have been free standing. These are separated from Plaques and Reliefs because they contain one main subject, no border, a plain background, are in high relief, and depict a stationary individual, either standing or sitting.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8852 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Roaring lion's head. Not made in a mould. Very fine hand modelling.[drawing 1:1] |
| 8853 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Grotesque male figure. Missing below the waist. [drawing 1:1] |
| 9078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature dove Gold Worked: with greenish blue stone tail let in |
| 9252 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Donkey's ear? Lapis lazuli Spoon shaped with a rounded socket which must originally have been fitted to the statue of which the lapis ear was a part. Back of the ear is convex with a ridge running vertically down the middle. At the socket end of the ear in the middle, a shallow circular cavity 0004 in diameter. [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9322 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine Pig [drawing] |
| 9323 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Pazuzu Head [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9549 | (none) | (none) | B17201 | Terracotta-Sheep Reddish clay Miniature Inscribed on one side Legs missing Inscription: Nam-REC 316 agrig dNannar Nam =Nam-so, Overseer of Nannar. [additional drawing on back] [drawing 1:1] | |
| 10400 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head of Priest. Shaven and shorn. Dark grey limestone. Nose chipped. Missing below neck. Hole 5mm in diameter pierced vertically through neck to join the head to a body which doubtless consisted of some other material. Good modelling. Eyes and eyebrows heavily pronounced, coventional eyes shaped. Heavy nose, pursed up lips and small but pronounced chin. Head and figures typically Sumerian - dolichocephalic. [drawing] |
| 10438B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chariot For design in general see notes The various parts are: A. Six lions heads in gold with lapis eyes and chests of lapis and shell. These are fixed to a board-edge. B. Small heads of lions and bulls in gold fixed to the top rail with blue and white inlay between them. C. 2 large panthers heads in silver with lapis eyes. D. 2 small lion heads in silver with inlay chests of shell and lapis; from the front of the chariot: with blue and white inlay between. One head completely destroyed. E. Quantities of inlay |
| 10438C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chariot For design in general see notes The various parts are: A. Six lions heads in gold with lapis eyes and chests of lapis and shell. These are fixed to a board-edge. B. Small heads of lions and bulls in gold fixed to the top rail with blue and white inlay between them. C. 2 large panthers heads in silver with lapis eyes. D. 2 small lion heads in silver with inlay chests of shell and lapis; from the front of the chariot: with blue and white inlay between. One head completely destroyed. E. Quantities of inlay |
| 10438D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chariot For design in general see notes The various parts are: A. Six lions heads in gold with lapis eyes and chests of lapis and shell. These are fixed to a board-edge. B. Small heads of lions and bulls in gold fixed to the top rail with blue and white inlay between them. C. 2 large panthers heads in silver with lapis eyes. D. 2 small lion heads in silver with inlay chests of shell and lapis; from the front of the chariot: with blue and white inlay between. One head completely destroyed. E. Quantities of inlay |
| 10465A | (none) | (none) | B17064 | [A-B] Silver Lions heads two with inlaid eyes Photo | |
| 10465B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver Lions heads (2) with inlaid eyes. Found against the far side of the box. |
| 10556A | (none) | (none) | B17694B | [A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes | |
| 10916 | (none) | (none) | B17065 | Silver Bulls Head With long horns and inlaid eyes The muzzle has been damaged, and one of the horns broken off and re-attached. It came from a wooden statue, judging from the fact that nothing else was found to which it could have belonged: the shell plaques U.10917 A and B must have been on its chest as usual Photo 1020 (a) | |
| 11408 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Fragment cf. from waist downwards, nude fig. of man advancing rt. Very good modelling and fine impression from the mould. [drawing] |
| 11409 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Figurine. Fragment of head and shoulders of bearded male god, moulded in relief: 3 horned cap, long side curls and long beard. In left hand was a flail. Face battered. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Part of: moulded: goddess with flat cap and flounced dress, full face (preserved to the hips only): rt. hand is raised & holds a sickle (?): in the 1. arm an infant (?). [drawing 1:1] |
| 11665 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment of animal? with something designed on each side. |
| 11798 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Head. A god or hero with human face & bulls ears and horns. The eyes originally inlaid with lapis & shell: the right eye gone altogether, of the left the lapis preserved. |
| 12059 | 31-16-775 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta Figurine. Bottom portion missing. Male figure wearing high mitre-like headress, long pointed beard and flaunced kaukanes skirt. Arms bare & bent at elbow, hands held horizontally against waist. In each hadn a staff with the top ending in a ball which rests against shoulder. Possibly a mace? Bracelet on each wrist. Headdress incised with undulating lines radiating obliquely from top of head. Possibly a woollen cap? |
| 12093 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Feet missing. Male figure wearing a turbaned headdress, long flowing coat, one arm bare & carrying against shoulder in right hand a standard? Left hand is against waist and carries a cord-like object. Head in profile, trunk full face, legs in profile. |
| 12353B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Harp with [A] inlaid sounding box, mosaic imprints, silver top bar, decorated with a [B] bull's head, beaded, in gold, below which are [C] shell plaques. |
| 12357B | 30-12-702 | (none) | (none) | [A, B] Statues of rams. A pair. With gold heads and legs; lapis horns, eyes and manes; shell fleeces; silver bellies; the plants and flowers gold; mounted on silver stands with pink and white mosaic diaper. The ram stands on his hind legs, the front legs doubled up and shackled to the stems of tall plants whose arrowhead shaped leaves & rosette flowers rise on each side of the head. Gold sockets rising from the shoulder shows that they were supports for something : of this the only possible trace was a white substance, perhaps leather, which lay under the second animal found. The first animal [A] is rather badly broken & the legs & part of the rump are separate but the thickness of the body is preserved : the second [B] is squashed quite flat but keeps its silhouette & only 3 of the flowers are detached. | |
| 12364E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. Comprising: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with 3 inlaid flowers (one broken off and incomplete). [E] Small clay figurines of a ram (?). |