CBS Register: Fragment of a frieze from an ancient building in the neighborhood of Mar'ash, Asia Minor. Horse in full gallop (mere fr.). presented by Dr. Haynes in 1892
CBS Register: TO.430. 2nd drum of Column A. Inlay of mosaic in bitumen (limestone, shell, mother of pearl). Card: Mosaic column consisting of 5 drums (4 restored; 1 fragmentary). Wood core; bitumen coating; pink limestone, black shale and white shell / mother of pearl traingular and diamond shaped tesserae. copper wire for attaching tesserae to bitumen. Sections of column formerly catalogued as B15896 and B15897, before restoration.
CBS Register: TO.430. 2nd drum of Column A. Inlay of mosaic in bitumen (limestone, shell, mother of pearl). Card: Mosaic column consisting of 5 drums (4 restored; 1 fragmentary). Wood core; bitumen coating; pink limestone, black shale and white shell / mother of pearl traingular and diamond shaped tesserae. copper wire for attaching tesserae to bitumen. Sections of column formerly catalogued as B15896 and B15897, before restoration.
Gazelle standing on pole, the top of which ends in a 6-pointed star. The cylindrical pole itself is encircled by a band slightly above its middle. Expanding base.
2 Registers/Human Figures. Alabaster. Figures in relief; upper register, man approaching seated bearded figure, who holds a cup in one hand, a flap in the other. The lower register is represented by the head of a bearded man, also holding a cup (?).
White Calcite. Fragment of same relief as B13151-B13153. Fragment of an edge piece featuring the head of a human figure. Other 3 pieces are joined together, this piece is separate.Scene carved in Bas-relief, portion of a prow of a reed boat and half of a figure in the boat with a stick in the water. A duck or other waterfowl is in front of the boat.
CBS Register: Copper relief--crouched copper bull from Temple of Nin Harsag.According to Publication in 1927:"TO.266.Bull relief with head to the right; only the upper part of the body is at all well preserved, with the head; the lower part has been crushed up together by the weight of the falling wall. When found this relief was joined up in one strip with Nos. TO. 267 [B15892] and 268 [in British Museum], in that order, TO. 266 being in front; the figures were upside down and on a slant with the feet uppermost: all had suffered similar damage. The strip had to be cut into three for purposes of removal. By this was a piece of plain copper frieze 0.50m. long. Height 0.23m, present lenght of fragment 0.70m."According to Research in 2001:Still a full relief; bottom being heavily restored. Approximately 69cm in length.
CBS Register: walking-roaring lion; tail up; mane made of pellets of claylid to a coffinPBS XVI: Lion relief modelled by hand on the lid of a slipper-shaped coffin. The figure has force and character in spite of its shortcomings. Neck and legs are too long, the body is too short. But the strong claws, the gaping mouth showing powerful teeth, the raised tail, the wavy mane made of a mass of pellets, give life and motion to the beast. Eyes and ears are round circles.
one of the very large terracottas such as seem to have stood at the doors of shrines: A goddess wearing the horned mitre and holding the jar from which come streams of water; she ahs a short-sleeved garment of the kaunakes type but the flounces instead of being in tiers are in long wavy lines like water. "The Goddess of the Waters"
CBS Register: Copper relief--crouched copper bull from Temple of Nin Harsag.According to Publication of 1927: "TO.294. Figure of bull, the body complete but the head which had been facing right, missing; TO.297, which was lying close to the relief, may well belong to it and has been restored as such. The body is in fairly good condition.. Height 0.23m, length of fragment 0.60m.TO.297. Head of bull from the frieze. Found lying close to TO.294, to which it probably belonged. Width across ears 0.16m, back of head to muzzle 0.11m."According to Inventory of 1988: Missing.According to Research in 2001: Probably the full relief on 17C; the head would then be field number TO.297 [see annotation under field number for this object]
Brass staff head/finial is rendered symmetrically in the round. A two-faced human-headed figure, arms are two abstract animal heads and forelegs; lower body is hoofed. There is a rod at the base of the figure, presumably for attaching the piece to another object.
According to Publication of 1927: "TO.296. Head of bull from the frieze. When found it was lying with but broken off the relief body, but the latter was so bent, smashed, and impossible of restoration that no attempt was made to preserve it. Width across the ears 0.15m, from forehead to muzzle 0.11m."According to Research in 2001: Was labeled during inventory of 1988. Dimensions: 10cm from Head to muzzle. 14cm between ears.
CBS Register: Fragment of a slab in limestone; mortiary stone. In high relief young man reclining with coarse in his left hand, 2 youths standing, the one holding an amphora, the other cup, 2 lines of Palymere inscription. Romano: "Inscribed rectangular loculus relief with banquet scene composed of three figures: two boys and a reclining male. To the viewer's right is a beardless male figure reclining on pillows supported by his left elbow, with his body and head turned to the front. He holds a cup with a honeycomb pattern in his left hand, bent across his body, while his right hand rests on his right knee and holds a round object, a fruit or flower. His legs are crossed with the right bent and the left turned underneath, disappearing into the background. He wears a richly decorated (possibly with embroidery) Parthian-style belted, long-sleeved tunic with a central vertical band (with pattern of double palm fronds), neckline, cuffs (medallions), and lower edge (wave pattern) decorated in low relief. A chlamys is fastened over the right shoulder with a circular pin, wrapped around left shoulder and over left arm. He wears loose trousers with many folds, cuffed above the ankle and with a decorated vertical panel, and square-toed boots with a central flap. His hair is brushed forward with locks on forehead; triangular face; large oval eyes with traces of dark pigment on the irises; broad nose; and small mouth. Behind this figure is a dorsalium, a veil suspended from two rosettes from which palm leaves rise. In the center of the relief, behind the body of the reclining male is a small male figure holding to his left side an amphora with high-swung handles and body decorated in relief (honeycomb body, neck ornament, and tongues on neck). He is dressed in a long-sleeved tunic with a central vertical panel. His hair is rendered as a halo of globular curls. ANother small male figure appears to the far left in the relief, wearing a long-sleeved patterned tunic with a deep kolpos, trousers, and pointed-toed boots. He holds a cup to the front of his body in his right hand, and a ladle with a looped handle in his bent left hand; he wears a sword at his right side. His hair is treated in the same way as the other servant. The ground line for the scene is a rolled mattress or pillow with vertical striations. Between the two small figures are two vertical lines of an inscription in Palmyrene dialect of Aramaic. "Malku, son of Moquimu. Alas!" The back is roughly finished."High Relief
2014 Description: Three wall cones, each a different size. The two smaller cones are both from a similar ceramic paste and are plain. The largest cone is made from a buff colored paste and has black paint on the circular face end.
2014 Description: Three wall cones. There is one miniature wall cone that is plain and there are two large wall cones both with black paint on the circular face end of the cone.
2014 Description: Wall cone with an orange core and possibly a white slip on the exterior. There is a concave indentation in the center of the circular face. There are traces of black paint on the circular end.
Terracotta. British Museum/University Museum Expedition. 2014 Description: Single wall cones with a slight difference in color on the circular face, possibly from loss of a white slip on the exposed (circular face) end of the cone.