Figurine
31-43-415
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Iraq | Diqdiqqeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-43-415 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Diqdiqqeh |
| Archaeology Area | Diqdiqqeh |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Woman | Child |
| Description | Seated figure of a woman, draped, suckling an infant; on the back of the chair, on either side of her head, there is a disk (plate?) and a serpent with open jaw and fangs; the chair has two back legs of clay to make it stand upright. A second example, U.18966 (35-1-108), also comes from Digdiggah. |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Width | 4.4 cm |
| Depth | 3.7 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.16495a - Field No SF |
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