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Object Type
mask
Museum number
116834
Description
Baked clay demon mask; Pazuzu head.
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Leonard Woolley
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Diqdiqqah (Ur)
Materials
fired clay
Dimensions
Diameter:
9.30 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Subjects
devil/demon
Associated names
Representation of:
Pazuzu
(demon)
Acquisition name
Division of Finds:
Department of Antiquities of Iraq
Acquisition date
1924
Acquisition notes
Objects allotted to the British Museum from the joint expedition of 1923-1924.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
116834
Registration number
1924,0920.95
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
U.1753
(excavation number)