Clay Collection (page 7)

Neolithic figure of a man from Cernavoda
Neolithic baked clay figure of a man, from Cernavoda. From the National Museum of Antiquities collection in Bucharest

Hittite clay envelope to hold a letter on a clay tablet, 18th century
Hittite clay envelope to hold a letter on a clay tablet from Kanesk, Turkey. The envelope is impressed with a seal. It contained a letter from Ena-Suen to Laqipim and Shamash Damiq, 18th century

Roman clay lamp decorated with gladiators, 3rd century
Roman clay lamp from Trier, Germany, decorated with gladiators, 3rd century

Treading clay for pottery in Tunisia. Artist: CM Dixon
Treading clay for pottery in Moknine in Tunisia. Note the smoke from the kilns, which are burning olive wood

Roman fragment of a terracotta Campana relief showing head of Medusa with figure of Perseus. From the British Museums collection

Paleolithic female figure of baked clay from a mammoth-hunters camp in Dolni Vestonice, Moravia

Syrian baked clay fertility figure, 5th century BC
Syrian clay fertility figure of baked clay, seated on a round stone, from Tell Chagar Bazar, 5th century BC

Egyptian clay figure stuck with pins, with a possible magical use. From the Louvres collection

Clay mask of the demon Humbaba from Sippur

Hittite clay tablet and envelope. The letter is from Ena Suin for Laqidim and Shamash-Damho

Baked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BC
Baked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play the drums and clapper, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BC. From the British Museums collection

Terracotta statue of a woman, Old Babylonian (?), 2000BC-1750BC. Painted fired clay statue of a woman; hands clasped under her breasts; wearing necklace and bracelets

Babylonian story of the flood on a clay tablet, probably from Sippor, Old Babylonian, 1635BC. This is one of three tablets which contained the Epic of Ammisaduqa, hero of the Babylonian flood story

Babylonian clay model of a sheeps lung
Clay model of a lung, containing omens, Late Babylonian, 7th Century BC, from Ninevah. Used by baru-priests to teach their students its anatomy and its significance in foretelling the future

Terracotta group of knucklebone (astragalos) players, Hellenistic Greek, c330-c300 BC. The two figures play a game similar to the modern game of jacks. From the British Museums collection

Detail showing the goddess Innana on the Facade of the Temple, c1475 BC

Detail of the Facade of the Temple of Innana, Uruk, c1475 BC
Detail of the Facade of the Temple of Innana, Uruk (Warka), c1475 BC. It is now at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and is made of moulded baked brick

Babylonian clay tablet with text, 7th century BC. A table with syllabary. From the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian / Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC
Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. The earliest tablets with written inscriptions represent the work of administrators, perhaps of large temple institutions

Brickfield, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Brickfield, 1808. A horse-powered pug mill grinding clay, and a woman with a hack barrow for transporting green bricks to clamps to be dried out before firing

Casting cannon, 1751-1780. Drying clay patterns which would be used to produce a mould into which molten metal would be run. From Denis Diderots Encyclopedie. (Paris, 1751-1780)

Children carrying loads of clay in the brickyards of the English Midlands, 1871. It was estimated that at this time there were between 20, 000 and 30

Greek clay lamp made in Athens, 5th century BC
Greek clay lamp, made in Athens and found at Gela in Sicily. From the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Roman clay lamp with design of gladiators, 3rd century
Roman clay lamp with design of gladiators from Trier, Germany, 3rd century

Pipeclay figure from a Roman tomb at Colchester. It is the figure of a lector reading from a scroll: Romans were customarily entertained at meals by professional readers

Carthaginian grinning mask, 6th century
Carthaginian grinning mask made of baked clay, now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, 6th century

Hittite clay tablet and envelope, Kul-Tepe, c1900 BC
Hittite clay tablet (letter) and and envelope (on right), Kul-Tepe (Kanesh, Turkey), c1900 BC. From the British Museum

Grave object, ca. 1800. Creator: Unknown
Columnar shaped object divided into four horizontal registers and opened at both ends. The top and third registers are decorated with interlace patterns

Plaque, Mid-16th to 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Cast copper alloy plaque showing a man with a rattle, a net covered sphere, in outstretched hands. Incised foliate background with two relief rosettes. Red clay patina

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