Animal Figurine
31-43-424
From: Iraq | Diqdiqqeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 31-43-424 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Diqdiqqeh |
| Archaeology Area | Diqdiqqeh |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Lion |
| Description | a god driving a lion. he sits sideways on the rump of the beast, which advances right, holding it in by a rope attached to a broad collar connected with a circular cheek-piece which almost suggests a bit |
| Height | 9.7 cm |
| Width | 11.6 cm |
| Depth | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
| Other Number | U.17157 - Field No SF |
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