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There are 22 objects for which Decoration contains → figurine
13.10.10 White-painted, with black linear patterns. At front of neck, female figurine, to hip level. Beak-face, prominent breasts, arms curled round them, hand on mouth. Black linear decor, painted circles resembling eyes, black dots or rings on breasts resembling nipples, zigzag decoration within border at base of figurine.
14.9.115 Head and shoulders of figurine of a boy with cloak over both shoulders.
2006.12.90 Ridges and unusual shape could be detail on figurine, otherwise very low quality pottery
2009.8.270 A creature with the head of a goat with a human face, wings and the back of a lion. A figurine standing behind it. Maybe a sphinx. Cast number: 1
23.11.31C2 The waistband of the figurine is striped, and the skirt is patterned with four vertical bands of alternating stripes and diagonal crosses.
50.12.23 'Psi' figurine, representing human figure with small head and upraised arms. Thin red-brown lines separated from eachother by a few millimetres are aranged horizontally across the figurine.
50.12.48 Single fragment preserves the cylindrical torso of a 'phi' or 'psi' figurine (probably the latter), with red-brown painted lines running vertically down its edge.
50.12.50 The figurine probably represents the body of a woman (a 'phi'figurine). The figure is decorated with a series of slightly wavy brown lines, arranged vertically.
83.11.1 Torso of seated female figurine, and legs to just below knees. Right arm (articulated). Blobs representing (?) jewlery arranged in a saltine cross over front of body, and horizontal row at waist. Tow incised lines on left thigh. Clay orange pink.
83.11.6 Female head from figurine, burnt. Wearing stephane. Hair centrally parted, curled back at sides.
83.11.7 Front part of female head from figurine. Hair waved on top, ringlet down side on right side. Earrings. Clay dark orange, coarse, and bown in patterns.
83.11.8 Head of female figurine, veiled, archaic features. Clay bright yellow-orange. Veil closely drawn in at sides.
87.2.1 Horse decorated with white slip on pale orange, with dark red (for black?) stripes on chest, legs, mane, tail, and harness. Head and mouth of the horse shows representation of bridle, with thin horizontal bands down the neck representing the mane. There are two horizontal bands around the main torso of the horse. Horizontal bands also decorate the legs, chest and tail of the horse figurine. Front legs are slightly projected forward, as are the rear legs backwards. The legs are straight and disproportionately long compared to the head and torso.
E.63.3 Light green figurine of the dwarf god Bes, dancing in a lion's skin with a feather head-dress. There is a hole for threading on the back/base of the head-dress. Although the figure is dancing it appears quite somber.
E.63.4 Light green figurine, partner of Reading E.63.3. It is the dwarf god Bes, dancing in a lion's skin with feather head-dress. There is a hole to enable threading at base/back of the head-dress. The figure stands on a flat base.
E.63.5 Shaped like a draughtsman or pawn chess piece, the figurine has a flat circular base, and tapers to a pointed top. Light blue colour.
REDMG:1953.25.97 Head of a male from a figurine. Designed on front and back; front showing neck and face and some hair. On top of head is a flat band from ear to ear. Back shows hair pattern and back of neck. Reserved on both sides.
TEMP.2003.2.3 Long light-brown/buff object, from part of a figurine. Slightly thinner at the middle than at the outside and also slightly bent inwards. Small hole at one end.
TEMP.2003.7.29 Small figurine, plain red clay, unpainted. Rounded head, with a small circular piece of clay used for the left eye. There are two small stumps for arms, and no sign of clothes.
TEMP.2003.7.30 Small figurine, features not at all defined. Figure is very simple, small rounded shapes for head and arms. Both the back and front are relatively flat and smooth - the front is the side which has the base sticking out further than the back. There are indications that something was painted on it - black line by the right arm, on the front at the bottom, and on the back on the lower half of the body - here there are three vertical lines, the middle line being the longest. There are four black blobs on the square base.
TEMP.2003.7.31 Small figurine, possibly an animal, because the nose/mouth is pointed like a snout. Has two small holes for the eyes, and three holes above them. The neck is thinner than the head, and the arms are clearly defined, although are broken. The figure is of a red colour, with remants of black paint on the head and lower back.
TEMP.2003.7.32 Small figurine, possibly an animal. Pinkish colour, with remnants of black paint on the back, on the left arm and on the main body. Appears to be scratching head with the right arm, and the feet are distinguishable from the legs because they are at an angle.
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