Figurine of a ram or a sheep

Title

Figurine of a ram or a sheep
Associated place

Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi (Eastern Anatolia) Region (Eski Samsoun) (place of purchase)
Date

AD 1 - 1000
Material and technique

terracotta
Object type

figurine
Dimensions

10.5 cm (length)
4.2 cm (height)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Antiquities
Accession no.

AN1933.451

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Catalogue text

Possibly a sheep; baked; hand-made; coarse red fabric with prominent grits; the surface is very worn, possibly rubbed down to smooth it; the two legs on the right side are broken off; the neck is extended forward with a triangular shaped head; ears, eyes and nostrils punched, gash for mouth; a series of linear characters are incised along the back after baking and after the surface was smoothed; others, more fresh looking in appearance run along the left flank. They have in the past been identified as Cretan Linear A.

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

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