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Macehead

Object Number:31-16-757
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Ur
Archaeology Area: PRT, square C6, level -700 stratum H
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 5.9 cm
Depth: 5.2 cm
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number:U.14414 - Field No SF

Description

Clay pierced; modelled in round.

UE IV: macehead, of baked clay, oviform with vertical fluting; the clay is drab in color but charred black on the inside; the surface is covered with a wash of plum-red paint.

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