Clay figurine with a serpent’s head, Uruk, end of the 5th millennium BC, H 9.6 cm.

Figural sculpture – Sculpture in the round, Clay figurines

Material: Clay/Ceramic | Type: Sculptures/Relief carving | Countries: Iraq

  • Period

    6000 BC - 4th c. AD

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Iraq

Category

Figural sculpture – Sculpture in the round, Clay figurines
Human- or animal-shaped. Women with arms curved under their breasts; pregnant; broad, flat hips; large and incised pubic triangles. Figures with elongated skulls, serpent faces and coffee bean-shaped eyes . May be partly coloured. Height: 8-15 cm.

Models and toys shaped as buildings, furniture, chariots, boats, etc. Height: 5-20 cm.
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