Fragment of a jar shoulder incorporating hollow anthropomorphic handle

Title

Fragment of a jar shoulder incorporating hollow anthropomorphic handle
Associated place

Kish (Mound A, Grave 61 1984A) (place of excavation)
Date

Early Dynastic Period (c. 2950 - c. 2575 BC)
Material and technique

pottery, hand-modelled and with cream slip and incised decoration
Object type

handle
Dimensions

8 cm (height)
6.5 cm (width)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by the Oxford Field Museum Expedition, 1925.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Antiquities
Accession no.

AN1925.163

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Catalogue text

Hand-modelled; baked; cream slip on pink fabric; prominent nose with double blob eyes; ears and outline of face marked by incised circles; modelled breasts with incised circles for nipples; body area covered with bands of incised lines alternating in direction and passing below the jar's piecrust shoulder moulding as the pubic triangle.

In: Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)

slip