| Object Number | B17215 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | TTE; UE IV: found in the Royal Cemetery area, between 5.50m, and 6.00m, below the surface |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Human Figure |
| Description | CBS Register: primitive clay idol, decorated with incised dots and lines: eyes, pubic area, necklace. breasts scarcely modelled. painted red. no legs. UE IV: terracotta figurine, hand-modelled in reddish clay, the surface covered with a haematitic wash. crude representation of a female figure, the body being merely an oval and the head scarcely differentiated; the eyes are rendered by oblique slits, there is slight modelling of face and breasts and punctured dots represent a necklace. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927 |
| Other Number | U.8640 - Field No SF |
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