Ancient Near Eastern Terracottas (ANET)

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Terracotta: AN.Susa Loan (Louvre), no. 7

Object: Headless torso of a nude female

Period: Bronze Age: Ur III/Shimashki Period

Dimensions: H: 5.5cm. W: 4.2cm.

Region: Elam

Find Spot: Susa

Description: mouldmade; baked; cream core and slip; broad necklace; hands clasped on abdomen; pair of bracelets.

Reference: Moorey (2004) 164

Follow this link to the Bronze Age in Iran: Elam and the Western Highland Zone Chapter of the Catalogue