Statuette
B16228
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16228 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | Site EH, loose in soil. |
| Period | Akkadian |
| Date Made | 2350-2150 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Marble (Stone) | Shell | Lapis Lazuli |
| Iconography | Female Head | Ningal |
| Description | Female Head. Ningal UE IV: Female head, alabaster, broken off at the neck; nose and lower part of face damaged; the eyes inlaid. CBS Register: marble head of a woman, the eyes inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli. Found near the ruins of a temple built by Dungi. |
| Height | 9.5 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Depth | 8.5 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
| Other Number | U.6782 - Field No SF | P270070 - CDLI Number |
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