Object Number | 64-11-14 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Rimah |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Man |
Description | Lithic limestone seated male; crudely cut from cube of stone, material inadequate for detailed refinements; face a plane surface slanted back at top, eyes suggested by small round indentations; shell inherent in stone evident at nose bridge, nose a triangular ridge toward chin where it is transformed to vague beard; ears: rough gouges on each side of head which is simian in form and sits directly on shoulders; Shoulders square; arms originate at back; they then apparently are brought across the sides and hands are intended to be at the front; groove runs across front roughly at the waistline and merges into stone laterally; sides plain surfaces; base plain cube. |
Height | 18.5 cm |
Width | 11.6 cm |
Depth | 10 cm |
Credit Line | Tell al-Rimah Expedition; Theresa Howard Carter, 1964 |
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