Statuette
B16228
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B16228 |
Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | Site EH, loose in soil. |
Period | Akkadian |
Date Made | ca. 2350-2200 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Marble (Stone) | Shell | Lapis Lazuli |
Iconography | Female Head | Ningal |
Description | Female Head. Ningal UE IV: Female head, alabaster, broken off at the neck; nose and lower part of face damaged; the eyes inlaid. CBS Register: marble head of a woman, the eyes inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli. Found near the ruins of a temple built by Dungi. |
Height | 9.5 cm |
Width | 8 cm |
Depth | 8.5 cm |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
Other Number | U.6782 - Field No SF | P270070 - CDLI Number |
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