Figurine of an equid, possibly a horse
Details
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Title
Figurine of an equid, possibly a horse
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Associated place
Chagar Bazar (place of excavation) -
Date
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Material and technique
terracotta, hand-modelled and pierced
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Object type
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Dimensions
7.1 x 5.7 cm (length x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Allocated by the Trustees of the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1936.
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Museum location
Museum department
Antiquities
Accession no.
AN1936.95
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Catalogue text
Handmodelled; baked; coarse greenish-buff fabric; legs and head broken off; upright mane pierced through towards the base; traces of appliqué clay band on the underbelly and perhaps male genitals.
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), 294, p.179, illus. p.179
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