Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (ANET)
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Terracotta: AN1992.7
Object: Relief plaque
Period: Bronze Age: Akkadian to Old Babylonian Period
Dimensions: H: 11cm. W: 4cm.
Region: Sumer
Find Spot: Unprovenanced
Description: standing god; mouldmade; cream slip, red fabric; very eroded surface; broken off just above feet; crown with single pair of horns; appears to wear a short-sleeved(?); "garment" covering the whole body with a scale pattern; the left arm (damaged); is held down his side, the hand grasping an axe across the lower body; the right arm is bent at the elbow holding an object (damaged); on his abdomen.
Reference: Moorey (2004) 156
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