Animal figurine possibly of a bovine
Details
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Title
Animal figurine possibly of a bovine
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Associated place
Tell Jezer (find spot) -
Date
1200 BC - 1100 BC -
Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled and with cream slip
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Object type
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Dimensions
10.8 cm (length)
from broken legs 7.4 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1912.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1912.622
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Catalogue text
Handmodelled; baked clay; buff core with creamslip; hollow-bodied animal, legs missing and rump damaged; the hollow head is like a spout opening at the mouth; the eyes and nose are applied in clay with deeply incised pupils and nostrils; horns broken off.
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), 301, p.190, illus. p.190
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