Figurine of a nude woman
Details
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Title
Figurine of a nude woman
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Associated place
Sumer (find spot) -
Date
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Material and technique
terracotta, mould-made
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Object type
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Dimensions
11 cm (height)
4.6 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1967.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1967.1512
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Catalogue text
Mouldmade; greenish-buff fabric with areas of the surface discoloured and worn; elaborately dressed hair falling in a large bunch onto each shoulder; retained across the brow by a band; with a "crown" of turret-like projections; elaborate necklace with triangular centre-piece; hands clasped on her abdomen.
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), 155, p.117, illus. p.117
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