Pig figurine or rattle
Details
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Title
Pig figurine or rattle
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Associated place
Sumer (place of purchase) -
Date
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Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled and with incised and appliqué decoration
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.1 cm (length)
5.4 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Mr H. Weld-Blundell, 1923.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1923.379
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Catalogue text
Handmodelled; buff fabric; snout damaged; fully rounded body with pinched ears, stubby legs and tail; incised chevrons on the sides of the body; appliqué blob eyes (one 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), 136, p.111, illus. p.111
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