Male vase-bearer figurine
![Molded clay figure of a man or a priest holding a vase. The man is wearing a lengthy dress and has a long beard.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/male-figurine/@@images/6dd6d398-61e6-41e4-ad9e-54267482bedf.jpeg)
Male vase-bearer figurine
- Medium:
- Molded baked clay
- Location:
- Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar), Iraq
- Dimensions:
- H. 12.6 cm; W. 3.3 cm; D. 3.1 cm
- Date:
- Neo-Babylonian Period, ca. 1000–539 BCE
- Inventory Number:
- 31-16-923
- Lender:
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
- Credit:
- British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Courtesy of Penn Museum