| Object Number | 31-16-660 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | Pit Z. at 12.1 m. SIS 8 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Man | Bird Head |
| Description | CBS Register: fragment of clay jar stopper with seal impressions. Man with Bird's Head! UE III: archaic man and goats or ibexes. The nude figure, one hand up and the other down, is also found on Elamite seal-impressions driving a bull. The bird-like head, with lozenge eye, receding forehead, beak-like nose and mouth, is in the same style as the feminine figures in painted pottery of the al Ubaid level. The conventional aspect, or the racial characteristics of this human head raise many problems. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.14753 - Field No SF | UE III: 40 - Other Number | B19068 - Old Museum Number | P270320 - CDLI Number |
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