Figurine of woman carrying a child
Details
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Title
Figurine of woman carrying a child
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Associated place
Deve Huyuk I (find spot) -
Date
7th century BC (700 - 601 BC) -
Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled and with cream slip
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Object type
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Dimensions
10.1 cm (height)
3.9 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1913.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1913.634
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Catalogue text
Handmodelled; baked; greenish-cream core, cream slip; column-shaped with concave base (chipped); projecting hairstyle with three strips of applied clay set vertically; double pellets at the centre of the brow; pinched nose, applied pellet eyes; no ears or mouth depicted; single band necklace; arms bent round with hands on the breasts; single bracelet on each wrist; child, facing over her shoulder, held close to the body by the left arm; child has applied pellet eyes, a pinched nose and single band necklace.
In: Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)
Glossary of terms
slip
Further reading
Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), 358, p.229, illus. p.229
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