Figurine of an equid, possibly a horse
Details
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Title
Figurine of an equid, possibly a horse
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Associated place
Arbit,Tell (top level) (place of excavation) -
Date
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Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled
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Object type
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Dimensions
9.5 cm (length)
9 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq excavations, 1935-37.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1937.217
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Catalogue text
Handmodelled; baked; buff fabric; legs damaged and head missing; ears flat against the head; upright mane; genitals of a stallion prominently modelled.
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), 296, p.179, illus. p.179
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