Statuette

Staff Head

Object Number:

31-43-173

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Iraq
Ur

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Diorite

Iconography:

Ram Head

Description:

Ram's Head for Staff from UET VII: "Head of a ram, carved in the round in dark steatite. The head and neck are made in separate pieces; the eyes were inlaid, but the inlay is missing. Very fine work and well preserved, only a few of the locks of hair and the ears being chipped. A hole runs up through the neck into the head and the object was probably mounted on a pole. Compare U.6832 (BM118565) and U.7598 (B17088)"

Credit Line:

Joint British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq

Other Number:

U.16427	-	Field No SF
0401	-	Cast Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006)

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