Statue
B15609
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15609 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | found on the NW side of the central staircase of the Ziggurat, below the Neo-Babylonian level. |
| Period | Ur III |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Diorite |
| Iconography | Human Figure | Jaw |
| Description | CBS Register: fragment of diorite head. lower part of right jaw. fine modelling. Ur III Dynasty. UE IV: Statue, diorite, fragment of. Part of the face of a life-size human figure, from the top of the neck to the base of the nostrils and back across the right cheek to below the ear; the mouth is complete and the chin nearly so. Very fine work of the best "Gudea" type. |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1923 |
| Other Number | U.1658 - Field No SF | P269933 - CDLI Number |
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