Plaque with a female figurine
Details
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Title
Plaque with a female figurine
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Associated place
Tell Uhaimir (519) (place of purchase) -
Date
Old Babylonian (c. 1900 - 1600 BC)
Akkadian Empire (c. 2350 - 2150 BC)
2nd Dynasty of Lagash (2150 - 2100 BC)
Ur III (c. 2112 - 2004 BC)
Isin-Larsa Period (2000 - 1800 BC)
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Material and technique
terracotta, mould-made
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.6 cm (height)
5 cm (width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Allocated by the Oxford Field Museum Expedition to Kish, 1924.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1924.243
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Catalogue text
Mouldmade; baked; cream slip on buff fabric; heavy locks of hair frame the face; broad, choker necklace; hands cup the breasts; narrow waist, exaggerated hips; lower limbs missing.
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), 122, p.107, illus. p.107
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