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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7584B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Apotropaic mud figures. [drawing 1:2] |
| 7584C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Apotropaic mud figures. [drawing 1:2] |
| 7587 | (none) | (none) | B17216 | Owl? Unbaked clay. Oblong block with rounded edges. 2 cavities for eyes sockets and in each cavity a cowry shell to represent eye ball. Nose roughly pinched to form a projecting ridge between the eyes. Cavity in top of head 002 in diam. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 7590 | (none) | (none) | B16762 | Boar? Miniature. Steatite. Black. End missing. Head naturalistic, body peg shaped, flattened base with incisions in form of a + and x. Body divided into 3 distinctive sections, middle section having rounded base. 2 round cavities for eyes. 3 similar cavities on one side of body, 2 on the other and 3 on base. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7598A | (none) | (none) | B17088 | Ram's head. Diorite. Blue. Part of nostrils and mouth missing. also, front of neck. Traces of paste eyeballs inlaid in eye sockets. Straight neck through middle of which a hole 15mm in diameter; has been bored thus showing that it was originally an ornamental head standing on a pole and probably not a complete ram. cf. U ._ Gudea period? 2400-2300BC [drawing 1:1] |
| 7599 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seated figure? Limestone. White. Fragment. Left-hand in high relief represented as clasping the cross piece of the seat of a throne. Part of vertical support of throne at back, and notched front leg? alone remain. On right side remains of bottom of garment of figure, vertical incised parallel lines marking like folds. Back rounded. |
| 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. |
| 7601 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Male figure (missing below waist). Head, arms and legs in profile, trunk full face. Right arm raised behind head and wielding an object? In right hand, left arm bent at elbow and held down-wards grasps in left hand the head of conquered foe? [drawing 1:1] |
| 7602 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Broken below waist. Nude female suckling child against breast, supporting it with left hand and holding the right against its head. Left hand of female figure holds her right wrist. Female wears a fillet round head, earrings and a necklace. Twisted plait of hair falls down either side of head and ends in a thick curl on the shoulder. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7633 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature hands. Alabaster. White. Fragment. Part of statuette? representing a figure with right hand clasped over left. 4 fingers of left hand and 2 of right alone remain. Tips of 2 fingers of right hand only, nails carefully carved. Tips of fingers of left hand missing; hand partially closed. Little finger of right hand rests on first finger of left hand. |
| 7668 | (none) | 1935,0113.378 | (none) | Terracotta statuette. Water buffalo? Head alone remains, missing below neck. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 7669 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Head missing. Nude female. One hand on each prest in high relief. [drawing 1:1] Neo-Babylonian |
| 7670 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Hands clasped below breast. Head and feet missing. Female wears necklace and wrist bangles. Between the breasts a rosette and on either side a vertical post? decorated at intervals with rosettes. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7671 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female wearing fillet? round forehead. Hands clasped below breast. Missing below knees. In high relief. Back as usual unmodeled; rough overlap with jagged edges to each side of back. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7672 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Top half missing. Lower half of figure in long flowing dress standing on bearded goat. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7673 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female in low relief, right arm held below breast, left arm bent at elbow and upraised. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7674 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Head of goddess wearing high horned headdress. Concave back. |
| 7675 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Head only remains. Female with broad fillet round forehead and hair done up in a thick curl on either side of ear. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7686 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta animal. Dog? Dark green painted line down middle of head running at right angles to dark green line across top of head and traces of same paint round neck. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7687 | (none) | (none) | B17210 | Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Hands clasped below breast. Missing below knees. Hair represented by fine parallel raised bands and flowing down at side onto shoulders. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7691 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Originally part of female figurine. Glazed, originally blue, bleached white. |
| 770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay statuette. Snowman technique. [drawing] |
| 771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay mask. Fragment of, in whitish clay. [drawing 1:1] |
| 772 | (none) | 1923,1110.121 | (none) | Clay model of animal intestines? Roughly made out of crumbly and lightly baked creamish clay. [drawing] | |
| 773 | (none) | 1923,1110.120 | (none) | Clay model of animal intestines? of powdery poorly baked clay; afterwards accidentally burnt and damaged. Like U but in worse condition. |