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- Head of horse wearing harness and headgear, looks straight ahead. Bulges of face are summarily rendered. Seam mars muzzle. Weak red clay (Muns. 2.5 yr 4/2) moulded hollow in two halves and sealed lengthwise down the center. Survives in both walls from neck up. Charring, salt crystals forming.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Hollowed molded fragment of reddish-brown clay (MUNS 5 YR 5/4) from a single mold. The reverse side has been handmade. The piece was retouched and painted red. There is crude workmanship throughout and the clay is Delta quality. It was poorly laevigated and chip and straw impressions are visible in the clay. The walls are heavy and there are traces of plaster. There is a circular vent in the back which opens on the underside. The is also a green substance which might be painted plaster, evidently modern, on the base. Overall the piece is in good condition. The fragment represents an obese phallic man bearing a load in his left arm and standing bandy-legged with feet apart on a low base. The head is tilted to the left and there is a short garment over the abdomen.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Face of a husky-type dog from tip of nose to top of head, of stock representation. Face is given human eyes with pupils indicated, furrowed brows with deep drilling to show buckled folds of skin. Snout is long and mannered, with nostrils twisted and snarling jowls. Reddish brown clay (Muns. 5 yr 5/3) moulded hollow. The piece in question is from the front end section of a dog moulded in three sections. Face only survives. Salting.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Fragment of figurine of the goddess Isis with arms raised.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Short-bodied Harpocrates (?) on horseback in three-quarters view with right leg slightly bent, looking toward viewer. Wears helmet and short-skirted garment with V-neck and belt, and raises fisted right arm. Face is fat with large eyes, heavy lids, thick, square mouth and broad nose. Lower folds of garment indicated. Horse rears with stacked forelegs, and tail, sticking straight out, is short and spirally striated. Mane is shown with short vertical lines. Legs are in relief. Rectangular base indicated fron tplan only. Back rounded and unindicated. Reddish brown clay (Muns. 2.5 YR 5/4) moulded hollow and sealed at sides. Clumsy circular vent. Bottom open.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Voluptuous, full breasted standing female; long black wig; arms to sides, broken off at ankles; traces of painted features & red paint (stucco?) she wears the chair of state on her head. Encrusted, chipped in thigh region.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- female head
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Full head of thick clumps of locks framing bearded, moustached face. Hair in back depicted in long, straight strands which follow curve of head and hug nape of neck. Orange-red clay moulded solid. Front: white chips around face, notably scrapes in outer corner of right eye and between upper left cheek and hairline. Back: Damage along nape and raised edge of collar area. Gouge in bulge of head. Bottom: Chipped spots along central depressed area, black crustations. The character of the marks to the back of the head and to the bottom suggest that the head was fixed in its cold state for attachment to a separate piece.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
