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statue
Object Type
statue
Museum number
120449
Description
Part of a limestone, gypsum or alabaster, flat backed, standing statue with carved sheep's wool kilt or shirt.
Cultures/periods
Early Dynastic III
Production date
2500BC
Production place
Made in:
Iraq, South
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Abu Habba (Sippar)
Materials
limestone
(?)
gypsum
(?)
alabaster
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
11 centimetres
Height:
3 inches
Width:
4.50 inches
Bibliographic references
Braun-Holzinger 1977a / Frühdynastiche Beterstatuetten
(p.84)
(cited by the wrong number)
Walker CBF & Collon 1980a / Hormuzd Rassam's excavations for the British Museum at Sippar in 1881-1882
(p.97)
(cited under the wrong number)
Leichty E et al 1988a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, volume VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3
(p.1)
Reade 2000b / Early Dynastic statues in the British Museum
(p.83)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Incomplete; part of an object only.
Acquisition date
1882
Acquisition notes
Possible reference in register: Rassam Inventories, pp.73-4.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
120449
Registration number
1882,0918,A.11
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
120499
(previous incorrect number)