Statuette
| Object Number: | B17216 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Ur |
| Period: | Isin-Larsa |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Terracotta Shell |
| Iconography: | Owl? |
| Credit Line: | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927 |
| Other Number: | U.7587 - Field No SF |
Description
CBS Register: mud base with central hole and two cowrie shell inlaid on one side (owl face?)
owl's head of unbaked clay, hollowed at the top as if to serve as a vase-stand, the beak pinched up and cowrie shells inset as eyes.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Woolley, Charles L. Ur Excavations: The Old Babylonian Period.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 91/Figure 253 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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