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Halaf culture (Eridu-'Ubaid period) : Fired clay figurines

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dc.contributor.authorStrommenger, Eva
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialMesopotamia (Tell Halaf, Syria
dc.coverage.spatialChagar Bazar, Syria)
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T04:50:46Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T04:50:46Z
dc.date.created1964
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T04:50:46Z
dc.descriptionAbove : Fired clay painted female figure from Tell Halaf, h : 8 cm (formerly in Berlin, now destroyed)
dc.descriptionsquatting woman of finely levigated clay, her head is stylised into a peg, the light-coloured clay body is painted in bright red. Below : Terracotta figurine of fired clay, h : 8 cm (British Museum)
dc.descriptionpainted naked woman with red body-paint sitting on a cushion (?), found separately, at Tell Chagar Bazar, level 8.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4092
dc.identifier.otherWA-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/201387
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectMesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period
dc.subjectsculpture
dc.subjectceramics
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleHalaf culture (Eridu-'Ubaid period) : Fired clay figurines
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource : Eva Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, translated by Christina Haglund, London, Thames & Hudson, 1964, Figure 6

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