Statuette

Object Number:

31-43-174

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Iraq
Ur

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Alabaster

Iconography:

Female Head

Description:

Alabaster; of a woman; in the round. Eyes and eyebrows originally inlaid. Back of the head broken off; repaired with piece of another head stuck with bitumen.

Credit Line:

Joint British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq

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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