Figurine, fragment of a horse's head
Details
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Title
Figurine, fragment of a horse's head
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Associated place
Carchemish (find spot) -
Date
7th century BC (700 - 601 BC)
Iron Age (Near East) (1200 - 550 BC) -
Material and technique
terracotta
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Object type
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Dimensions
4.5 cm (height)
4.5 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by T.E. Lawrence, 1996.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1996.44
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Catalogue text
handmodelled; baked; pink core, cream slip; disk-shaped eyes; mane represented by piece of applied clay running from the brow, between the ears (broken); and down the neck; applied clay band round the neck.
In: Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)
Further reading
Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), 354, p.228, illus. p.228
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