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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1880,1112.1923
Description
Baked clay hollow figure of ape sitting on top of a cone and playing a drum and a harp; holds the harp against its left shoulder; in the right hand it has a small rectangular object, possibly the drum stick; double mould; back well worked; yellow clay; missing below legs.
Cultures/periods
Late Babylonian
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Babylon (Iraq)
Materials
fired clay
Technique
mould-made
Dimensions
Length:
5.90 centimetres
Width:
3.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Karvonen-Kannas 1995 / The Seleucid and Parthian terracotta figurines from Babylon: in the Iraq Museum, the British Museum and the Louvre
(608)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; missing below legs.
Subjects
mammal
musical instrument
Acquisition date
1880
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1880,1112.1923