Furniture Model
31-43-426
From: Iraq | Diqdiqqeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-43-426 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Diqdiqqeh |
| Archaeology Area | Diqdiqqeh |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Ishtar | Lion |
| Description | chair-back. the bull-man, before a seated goddess; the latter sits on a bull, holds in her left hand a staff surmounted by the flying bird simtu, and has behind her the crescent on a pole; she wears a flounced dress and a mitre with a single pair of horns; presumably she is Ningal in her shrine. Together with U.3056 and another fragment of the same relief |
| Height | 6.1 cm |
| Width | 5.1 cm |
| Depth | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.17131 - Field No SF |
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