Animal Figurine
32-20-350
From: Iraq | Billa
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 32-20-350 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenience | Iraq | Billa |
| Locus | S 6, level II |
| Period | Billa II |
| Date Made | 1250-1000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Duck? | Snail? |
| Description | Buff terra-cotta figuring modelled in the shape of a snail [but originally catalogued as a duck]? Applied pellet eyes, mouth/beak broken away, head broken off at neck and repaired. Short flat tail. Hollow, hole punched through back. |
| Height | 6.8 cm |
| Length | 8.5 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition toTell Billa, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1932 |
| Other Number | 2801 - Field No SF |
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