Human Figurine

B17196

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B17196
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG 108; Found in the Royal Cemetery area, in the rubbish into which the graves were cut, on the same level as PFG/108 and 2.00m away from it.
Period Uruk
Section Near Eastern
Materials Mud
Description

CBS Register: human modelled in mud. eyes painted black. narrow chin. hole inside for mounting.

UE IV: head of a man in unbaked clay, hand-modelled in the round with a hole underneath for attachment to a body; there are traces of black paint round the eyes

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.8292 - Field No SF

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