Figurine of a four-winged, bird-headed Apkalle

Title

Figurine of a four-winged, bird-headed Apkalle
Associated place

Nimrud (ND 3522, Burnt Palace, S.W. corner of passage 27) (place of excavation)
Date

Neo-Assyrian (c. 911 - 612 BC)
Material and technique

terracotta, mould-made
Object type

figurine
Dimensions

14.3 cm (height)
8.6 cm (width)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1954.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Antiquities
Accession no.

AN1954.729

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Catalogue text

Mouldmade; sundried brown clay; traces of a white (gypsum); plastered surface; head damaged; belted, ankle-length garment; left arm extended down lower left wing to hold a small rectangular bucket with loop handle in his left hand; right arm bent at the elbow and held against the chest with the hand originally holding a cone-shaped "purifier"; no feet; cut off along the base-line of his garment.

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

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