Statuette

Fragment

33-35-168

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-35-168
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area Brought in from Diqdiqqeh
Period Ur III
Section Near Eastern
Materials Steatite
Iconography Man
Description

UET VII: "Fragment of a statuette in grey steatite; part of male figure wearing the kaunakes with the upper part of the body left bare; the hands clasped over the breast. Preserved is one half of the torso, cut vertically, right side and arm, from just below the shoulder to the hip; ht 0.022m. Fine work, perhaps of the Third Dynasty. The figure has been deliberately broken; it would seem to have been an old figure of which the material was being re-used, probably by a maker of cylinder seals. From Digdiggah."

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number U.18339 - Field No SF

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