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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | HEAD. STONE. - limestone, grey. Fragmentary. Traces of bitumen remain in the eye socket. Sumerian type, bald; rounded cheeks, heavy ears, well defined eye socket, eyeball protruding, bridge of nose heavy, distinct hollow running down from lower portion of nose to mouth following contour of cheek. Rounded chin. Right half of head missing, right eye, nose and mouth badly mutilated. |
| 1563 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head. Brown clay: moulded. Beardless (female?) head in high relief, with flat headdress; much weathered. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6911 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head. Diorite. Blue-grey. Fragment. Part of nose and right cheek alone remain. Careful modeling: rounded cheeks, prominent nose and lips with distinct cavities in corners, chin fragmentary but apparently perforated at back by single hole which runs down vertically. |
| 6673 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Horn. Stone. Miniature. Black. Hair upon horn indicated by parallel wavy lines. E. lock [last word unclear] up ? Archaic. E. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7144A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Human head, pinkish limestone. Carved in the round: the head clean shaven, the features markedly indivdual. in B U.7144 is R.1.265 [in different hand] |
| 787 | (none) | 1923,1110.48 | (none) | Human head. Limestone = fragment of = for inlay, or for a figure carved in another material. Hollow behind, the eyes were inlaid. [The following does not refer to an animal, but is likely an abbreviation for catalog. No further context.] Cat. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2720 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ibex head. Buff clay ware of fine design. Sketch. [drawing] |
| 18854 | 35-1-127 | (none) | (none) | Leg and foot of a statue. Clay painted red. Preserved from below the calf downwards. The foot seems to be wearing a shoe of coarsely knitted woo(?) The leg has been broken at the ankle in antiquity and mended with bitumen. | |
| 1353 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Leg and hoof (of bull?). Thin gold leaf. [drawing 1:1] |
| 916 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone figurine. of a recumbent doe. [drawing 1:1] |
| 898 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone fragment of figure of bull. Carved in the round: probably part of a vase. Only the neck and shoulder left. [drawing] |
| 16960 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone statue of a seated goddess. She wears a long flounced garment reaching to the feet; hands clasped below breasts. The hair is confined by a plain heavy bandeau and falls in a square mass behind the back with a lock over each shoulder. The eyes are inlaid with shell and lapis, and the eyebrows with lapis. Very coarse ugly work. |
| 18787 | 35-1-111 | (none) | (none) | Lion head. Terracotta. modeled in the round. Good style. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2522 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lion's head. Lightly fired drab clay. Fragment. Showing muzzle only. Hand modeled in the round. [drawing] |
| 18220 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lion's head. White limestone. From the neck protrudes a tenon, for once pierced horizontally for attachment. Very fine miniature work, the surface a bit decayed. |
| 6109 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lion's muzzle. Drab stone. Fragment. B. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7600 | (none) | (none) | B17195 | Lion. Limestone. White. Fragment. Broken away behind back of head represented as couched, head resting on forelegs tips of which are missing. Flattened base. Cavity running length-ways down the middle of the body to receive post. Existing portion broken and mended. |
| 15727 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lions nozzle in the round. Terracotta. Originally bore traces of reddish paint between the ridges. Fragment. Upper portion & part of jaw missing. |
| 1314 | (none) | (none) | B15671 | Lower part of clay relief, shewing a man wearing fringed dress of Gudea style. | |
| 3331 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lower part of small statue. Not 3rd Dynasty. White limestone: lower part of dress and feet on base. Sketch 1:2. [drawing 1:2] |
| 1243 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lower part of terracotta figurine of naked woman. Similar to U.1148. |
| 1250 | (none) | 1935,0113.27 | (none) | Lower portion of terracotta relief of seated god or goddess, wearing flounced skirt, which is all that remains of the object. | |
| 7139A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Male head. Fragment. Hard clay? Reddish. Unusual type. (Card received from Mallowan 1976. [illegible signature]) |
| 2552 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mask. Black stone, pierced top to bottom. Lower part of face missing. Shaven male. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1408 | (none) | 1924,0920.49 | (none) | Mask. Black stone. Small grotesque head; pierced for suspension. |