Figurine of head and shoulders of a human

On display

Title

Figurine of head and shoulders of a human
Associated place

Jericho (Reg. no. 3663, field JPD 402.1) (place of excavation)
Date

7300 BC - 6300 BC
Material and technique

terracotta
Object type

figurine
Dimensions

29 x 25 x 9 cm (height x width x depth)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1958.
Museum location

Ground floor | Gallery 19 | Ancient Near East
Museum department

Antiquities
Accession no.

AN1958.771

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Catalogue text

(Restored); highly stylized; hand-made; spade-shaped head with no features so that it is not absolutely clear which is the front and which the back; the front may only be distinguished from the back by a slight swelling at chest level; both shoulders are damaged; solid core with yellow-coloured surface.

In: Moorey, P. R. S., Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005)

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