Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (ANET)
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Terracotta: AN1913.450
Object: Female figurine
Period: Bronze Age: Middle Bronze Age I
Dimensions: H: 10.4cm. W (at arms): 4cm.
Region: Syria
Find Spot: Selemiyeh
Description: handmodelled, flat back, rounded front; buff fabric; cream slip; prominent pinched nose, pierced pellet eyes and no mouth; flange-shaped pierced ears; prominent forelock pierced as if to take an ornament (now broken off); projecting stub-like arms on each side (one now broken); single-band applied necklace with incisions overlapped by pellet-shaped breasts; abbreviated stub arms; prominent hips; pierced pellet navel; incised cross-bands on upper body; two lines of rouletting across the pubic triangle; incised line separates legs; at base, it almost certainly originally had feet as on nos 255-6 below; incised line down centre of back from shoulder level.
Reference: Moorey (2004) 254
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