Figurine of an equid, possibly a horse

Title

Figurine of an equid, possibly a horse
Associated place

Chagar Bazar (place of excavation)
Date

Middle Bronze Age I (Near East) (2100 - 2000 BC)
Material and technique

terracotta, modelled
Object type

figurine
Dimensions

4.3 x 5.9 cm (height x width)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1936.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Antiquities
Accession no.

AN1936.96

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Catalogue text

Handmodelled; baked; coarse greenish-buff fabric; legs and front of head broken off; upright mane pierced towards the base; male genitals.

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

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