Plaque figurine of female figurine suckling baby
Details
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Title
Plaque figurine of female figurine suckling baby
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Associated place
Ur (place of excavation) -
Date
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Material and technique
terracotta, mould-made and with cream slip
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.1 cm (height)
4.1 cm (width)
2 cm (depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1931.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1931.462
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Catalogue text
Sitting cross-legged; mouldmade; baked; cream slip, pink fabric; worn surface; side locks spread out on either side of the head; the bottom projects slightly as if the woman was seated on a stool or low platform.
In: Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)
Glossary of terms
slip
Further reading
Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), 202, p.141, illus. p.141
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