Head of a female figurine
Details
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Title
Head of a female figurine
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Associated place
Harran (S5/4) (place of excavation) -
Date
2400 BC - 2100 BC
Early Bronze Age IV (Syria) (2400 - 2100 BC) -
Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled
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Object type
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Dimensions
4 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Allocated by the School of Oriental and African Studies Harran Expedition, 1965.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1968.478
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Catalogue text
Handmodelled; baked; greenish-buff fabric; prominent pinched nose defines the face; projecting bun of hair on the back of the head; locks of hair applied on the sides of the head, broken on top; elongated 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), 226, p.158, illus. p.158
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