Animal Figurine
86-18-83
From: Jordan | Tall as-Sa'idiyya
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 86-18-83 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Jordan | Tall as-Sa'idiyya |
Archaeology Area | Sounding 11-12, Surface |
Period | Undetermined |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Technique | Handmade |
Iconography | Animal |
Description | Tan ware, tan core; back half (?) dark gray. 13 stubs (legs?)- one missing. Stub tail (?) and hooked head (?) This near-complete compact figurine is 6.2cm long, 2.5cm wide and 4.8cm high. Three legs are damaged to varying degrees and the left hind leg is complete. The tail has a raised hook shape and the distal end is broken. The figurine has no neck, so the face with impressed mouth emerges directly from the body. Above the face is a damaged area where there may once have been a pair of horns. The fine buff clay is uniform although there is a charred area on the left forequarters. A tentative identification of a ram may be suggested. |
Credit Line | Tall as-Sa'idiyya Expedition; James B. Pritchard, 1964-1967 |
Other Number | S555/Pfig6 - Field No SF |
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