Upper part of a female figurine, hands clasped over breast

Title

Upper part of a female figurine, hands clasped over breast
Associated place

Harran (Locus 21, Level 4, upper erosion levels (?)) (place of excavation)
Date

2350 BC - 2000 BC
Early Bronze Age IV (Syria) (2400 - 2100 BC)
Material and technique

terracotta, hand-modelled and with incised decoration
Object type

figurine
Dimensions

7 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm (length x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Allocated by the School of Oriental and African Studies Harran Expedition, 1965.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Antiquities
Accession no.

AN1965.277

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Catalogue text

Handmodelled; baked; greenish-buff fabric; broken off at the waist; horizontally incised chevrons represent the hair, or possibly a headband; prominent nose, punched eyes; no nose or chin; incised lines on the throat, perhaps representing jewellery or the upper garment; arms bent at the elbows with hands, fingers incised, held open against the chest.

In: Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)

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