File:Burney Relief owl and lion.jpg
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Burney Relief, detail of owl and lion
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English: Detail of owl and lion on Burney Relief. |
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| Date | 15 July 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Fæ (Own work) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Museum reference | Loan 1238 / Registration:2003,0718.1 |
| Detailed description | Rectangular, baked clay relief panel; modelled in relief on the front depicting a nude female figure with tapering feathered wings and talons, standing with her legs together; shown full frontal, wearing a headdress consisting of four pairs of horns topped by a disc; wearing an elaborate necklace and bracelets on each wrist; holding her hands to the level of her shoulders with a rod and ring in each; figure supported by a pair of addorsed lions above a scale-pattern representing mountains or hilly ground, and flanked by a pair of standing owls; fired clay, heavily tempered with chaff or other organic matter; highlighted with red, black, white and possibly yellow pigment; flat back; repaired. |
| Size | Height: 49.5 cm (19.5 in) Width: 37 cm (15 in) Thickness: 4.8 cm (1.9 in) |
| Location | Room 56 |
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