Seleucia / figurine fragment, head / Bitumen / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.01.4603
Object Name: figurine fragment, head
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Seleucia) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Figurines
Materials: Bitumen; Ceramic
Weight: 32.34 g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Root: Head of a male "grotesque" terracotta figurine, with a pointed Parthian cap.
Verbatim Date: 141 BC - 43 AD
Unit Grid Number: G6, Level II
Component/Room: Room 7
Area: in brickwork of S. wall
Verbatim Provenance: Iraq
Verbatim Site: Seleucia
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 01 - Seleucia Architecture/Bricks
Exhibition Curator: Root, Margaret Cool
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.01.4603
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.4603/dscn9532-2.jpg

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Full citation: "Seleucia; figurine fragment, head; Bitumen; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.01.4603/dscn9532-2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.