Human Figurine

B16267

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16267
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Seated Goddess
Description

seated goddess, full face, wearing the horned mitre and flounced dress and holding a vase out of which come streams of water; she sits on a goose and in the background there are two crescents, one having blunted and split ends. A fragment of the same relief, U.978 (B.15187), also came from Digdiggah

CBS Register: terracotta. clay relief. Bau (:Gula) the goddess enthroned on a goose, holding an overflowing water bottle. 2 crescents. 107 mm high.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926
Other Number U.7076a - Field No SF | 55 - Other Number | 70 - Other Number

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