Figure of bearded warrior carrying a spear probably of a lahmu

Title

Figure of bearded warrior carrying a spear probably of a lahmu
Associated place

Nimrud (ND 3526, Burnt Palace) (place of excavation)
Date

850 BC - 800 BC
Neo-Assyrian (c. 911 - 612 BC)
Material and technique

terracotta, wax, mould-made, and with traces of black paint
Object type

figurine
Dimensions

13.9 cm (height)
3.8 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.

AN1954.730

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Catalogue text

Mouldmade; sundried brown clay; traces of black paint on the surface; heavily restored since excavation; wearing stylized hair or heavy wig and an ankle-length garment; originally holding a spear in front of his body with arms bent and right hand grasping shaft above left hand at waist level; cut off along the base-line of the garment.

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

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