Figurine of a horse
Details
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Title
Figurine of a horse
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Associated place
Turkey (find spot) -
Date
7th century BC (700 - 601 BC)
Iron Age (Near East) (1200 - 550 BC) -
Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled and with cream slip
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Object type
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Dimensions
9.7 cm (length)
12.5 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Mrs Lawrence, 1948.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1948.229
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Catalogue text
Handmodelled; baked; buff core with cream slip; high crescentic mane with applied clay bands at regular intervals; applied pellet eyes; pointed ears; double applied band on upper neck and across the junction of body and forelegs; applied pendant on the chest; broken tail.
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), 368, p.230, illus. p.230
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