Figurine

31-43-421

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Diqdiqqeh

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-421
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Diqdiqqeh
Archaeology Area Diqdiqqeh
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Goose | Goddess | Vase
Description

Goose Goddess with Vase

UE VII: Chair-back (?) a goddess with a horned mitre and flounced skirt standing in profile left and holding against her breast a jar out of which come four streams of water, two falling on either side of her body, two (in which swim fish) rising arch-like over two swans; above are the sun disk and stars

Height 7.6 cm
Width 7 cm
Depth 2.2 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.16965 - Field No SF

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