Human Figurine
31-43-429
From: Iraq | Diqdiqqeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-43-429 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Diqdiqqeh |
| Archaeology Area | Diqdiqqeh |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Nude Man |
| Description | nude bandy-legged demon of the Humbaba type threatening with clenched fists. "the body is a Babylonian version of the Egyptian Bes which appears first on seals of the second mellennium" |
| Height | 5.8 cm |
| Width | 5.4 cm |
| Depth | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.16946A - Field No SF |
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