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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18085 | 32-40-21 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. (fragment) Al Obaid type. Reptilian head projecting forward; broad, flat shoulders, the arms (missing) widened like wings: female breasts and slender waist. The eyes are strongly aslant. The top of the head rises in a peak. Broken away at waist. | |
| 18013 | 32-40-22 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded man, full face, upper part of body nude, carrying a bird between clasped hands. Fragment from waist upwards. | |
| 17887D | 32-40-226 | (none) | (none) | [A-E] Copper bull's head. Five examples. Cast in copper and originally attached to some wooden object (from which they have been broken away) by a pin passing through the neck. All of same type but differing in size and slightly in execution all of regular Al Obaid style all in good condition. | |
| 18063 | 32-40-23 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female figure, nude, standing full face and holding a tambourine before the breasts. Fragment from waist upwards. | |
| 18096 | 32-40-25 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Primitive. Hand modelled: man standing, right arm broken. [drawing] | |
| 18046C | 32-40-26 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Woman, nude, standing full face, with tambourine : over the shoulders a spotted cloak. Coarse type. (A) Fragment from navel upwards. (B) Fragment from thighs upwards. Different mould and flatter relief: no cloak. (C) Fragment from thighs upwards: similar to (A). (D) Fragment from waist upwards: similar to (C). (E) Fragment from belly to knees. (F) Fragment: head only. (G) Fragment: from waist upwards and a smaller mould. | |
| 18046E | 32-40-27 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Woman, nude, standing full face, with tambourine : over the shoulders a spotted cloak. Coarse type. (A) Fragment from navel upwards. (B) Fragment from thighs upwards. Different mould and flatter relief: no cloak. (C) Fragment from thighs upwards: similar to (A). (D) Fragment from waist upwards: similar to (C). (E) Fragment from belly to knees. (F) Fragment: head only. (G) Fragment: from waist upwards and a smaller mould. | |
| 18003A | 32-40-28 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded man with kilt advancing right. Head full face. (A) Complete. (B) Upper part to waist only. (C) Upper part to waist only. | |
| 17820 | 32-40-29 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing and holding an infant to her breast (heavy hair dressed in Eyptian fashion). The feet missing. | |
| 18087 | 32-40-30 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled, snowman technique. Nude female figure standing full face. Fragment, the legs missing. The hands clasped upon breast. | |
| 17758 | 32-40-305 | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Frit, formerly glazed. Duck. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 18040A | 32-40-31 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude girl standing full face, left hand to breast, right raised to shoulder level. (the body has an almost Praxitelian curve!). (A) Complete, except for the lower leg. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Fragment, from the hips upwards. | |
| 18048A | 32-40-33 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped the hair dressed in a heavy rather Egyptian style. (A) Fragment, from clasped hands upwards (background removed). (B) Fragment (background left on) = from belly upwards: much worn. | |
| 18047A | 32-40-34 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh. | |
| 18039B | 32-40-35 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude female, -young girl- standing full face, hands clasped = hair in waves, double necklace. (A) = fragment, complete from thighs upwards. (B) Fragment, from waist up. Not from the same mould, but identical type. (C) Fragment from waist up = perhaps from the same mould as (B). (D) Fragment, from hips up = same type but from a smaller mould. | |
| 18108 | 32-40-36 | (none) | (none) | Clay head hand modelled of a negro (?) very fine work, but much damaged. Broken off at base of neck. | |
| 17605 | 32-40-37 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Moulded. | |
| 18026 | 32-40-38 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Puzuzu head. | |
| 18132 | 32-40-40 | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Of unbaked clay. Nude female and upper part only preserved and the arms missing. Pointed white: the hair black. | |
| (none) | 32-40-42 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
 | 18160 | 32-40-43 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled of a humped bison (?): the horns both missing. [drawing] |
| 18205 | 32-40-44 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta head of a dog (?). Hand modelled, lively work. | |
| 18211A | 33-35-11 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine moulded in the round coarse late work and a very flaccid impression. (A) Broken in half. (B) Intact. |
| 18237 | 33-35-13 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Fragment of male figure, archaic type. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 18306 | 33-35-15 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Moulded. Light greenish drab clay. Nude female figure with hands on breasts. Head very small and birdlike: hair treated as in archaic Samian statues: hips and thighs grotesquely wide. Completely, but a poor impression from the mould. |