Figurine of a seated man
On display
Details
-
Title
Figurine of a seated man
-
Associated place
Chagar Bazar (A715) (place of excavation) -
Date
8500 BC - 3000 BC
Tell Halaf Period (6000 - 5000 BC) -
Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled and with reddish-buff slip
-
Object type
-
Dimensions
5.4 cm (height)
1.8 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
-
Credit line
Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1937.
-
Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 19 | Ancient Near East -
Museum department
Antiquities
-
Accession no.
AN1937.201
Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more
Know more about this object? Spotted an error? Contact us
-
Catalogue text
Handmodelled; grey fabric; baked; reddish-buff slip; left side of head broken; prominent ear and brow ridge, nose and chin; no mouth indicated; right arm extended forward, hand broken; left arm bent round towards chest, hand broken; genitals carefully modelled; legs broken.
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), 22, p.40, illus. p.40
