Mold

Mold showing impression of a standing female figure with hands clasped in front of her chest and holding something rectangular. She wears a bead necklaces and possibly a hat or headdress. The mold is oval-shaped and the figure's feet are absent.

Mold

Description:
Mold for a female figurine
Medium:
Molded baked clay
Location:
Susa, Iran
Dimensions:
H. 19 cm; W. 8.5 cm; D. 3 cm
Date:
Middle Elamite Period, ca. 1500–1100 BCE
Inventory Number:
Sb 7413
Lender:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Antiquités orientales
Credit:
Fouilles R. de Mecquenem 1912
© RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo: Franck Raux