Furniture Model

31-43-426

From: Iraq | Diqdiqqeh

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-426
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Diqdiqqeh
Archaeology Area Diqdiqqeh
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Ishtar | Lion
Description

chair-back. the bull-man, before a seated goddess; the latter sits on a bull, holds in her left hand a staff surmounted by the flying bird simtu, and has behind her the crescent on a pole; she wears a flounced dress and a mitre with a single pair of horns; presumably she is Ningal in her shrine. Together with U.3056 and another fragment of the same relief

Height 6.1 cm
Width 5.1 cm
Depth 1.4 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.17131 - Field No SF

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