Statuette
B17195
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B17195 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | loose in upper soil |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Magnesite |
| Iconography | Lion |
| Description | UE IV: Figure of a lion, in white limestone, the body alone preserved: the animal was couched with the head resting on the forelegs; a hole in the body seems intended to receive a tenon perhaps of a figure which stood on the back of the lion. CBS Register: Season V. crouching lion modelled in the round. magnesite (?) front part of the body. hole inside for mounting. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927 |
| Other Number | U.7600 - Field No SF |
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