Animal figurine of a quadruped
Details
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Title
Animal figurine of a quadruped
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Associated place
Konya (near Chukur Kend) (find spot) -
Date
7500 BC - 7000 BC -
Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled
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Object type
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Dimensions
6.3 cm (length)
4.1 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by H. A. Ormerod, 1911.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1911.291
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Catalogue text
Ovid; dark fabric; lightly fired; handmodelled; the back falls away from high shoulders to the rump in a straight line; the horns have been broken off; the head is tapered to a flattened nose and mouth; traces of a tail; flat belly with short legs; genitals modelled in relief.
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), 10, p.36, illus. p.36
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