Fragment of a mould-made plaque showing the head and sceptre tops of an underworld deity
Details
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Title
Fragment of a mould-made plaque showing the head and sceptre tops of an underworld deity
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Associated place
Sumer (find spot) -
Date
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Material and technique
terracotta, mould-made
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Object type
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Dimensions
5.1 cm (height)
6.8 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Transferred from the Indian Institute, 1935.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1963.160
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Catalogue text
With the head of a "shrouded god" in low relief; mouldmade; baked; pink slip on a buff fabric; horned crown with prominent animal-shaped ears; traces of the tops of lion-sceptres on each side of his head.
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), 152, p.116, illus. p.116
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