Figurine, possibly male
On display
Details
-
Title
Figurine, possibly male
-
Associated place
Tell Atchana (AT38, 188) (place of excavation) -
Date
1800 BC - 1600 BC
Middle Bronze Age I (Near East) (2100 - 2000 BC) -
Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled
-
Object type
-
Dimensions
1.5 cm (depth)
4.4 cm (width)
6.1 cm (height) -
No. of items
1
-
Credit line
Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum, 1939.
-
Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 19 | Ancient Near East -
Museum department
Antiquities
-
Accession no.
AN1939.428
Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more
Know more about this object? Spotted an error? Contact us
-
Catalogue text
Crudely handmodelled; baked; brownish buff fabric; the top of the head is concave; pinched nose with no other indication of facial features; stub arms held horizontal; two random holes in upper body; broken across the waist perhaps originally standing.
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), 261, p.173, illus. p.173
