Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 31683: '50+ fragments of clay animal figurines.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
S.Webb, 02/04/2002: Label in box reads 'Jebel Moya Un-numbered clay figurines from 1910-1911 excavations not entered'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card for 1953.210-424 and Z 31677-83 states a date of Neolithic, 1000-c.300 BC.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Information extracted from the original Context field dated the material to 11th-?4th century BC. The Period field itself stated 'Neolithic?; Meroitic?'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Labels & Markings)
A large piece of cardboard found with the objects reads: 'Jebel Moya. Un-numbered clay figurines from the 1910-11 excavations. NOT ENTERED. 1910-11 excavations'.
Event Date 1910
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated to MAA in 1946 by the Trustees of Sir Henry Wellcome.
Event Date 1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Addison, Frank. (1949). Jebel Moya. The Wellcome Expedition in the Sudan. vol. I Text, vol. II Plates. Oxford University Press: London. [full site report]
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Ceramic animal figurines, possibly made of sun dried clay rather than fired clay.
Event Date 1/6/2003
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Analysis)
Other similar objects from this site have been described as children's toys.
Event Date 1/6/2003
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Isabelle Vella Gregory: 'Burrowing: Shrew. Small object fired. Free standing. 2 cm at widest, 1.5 cm at top. Note nub and front legs. Mole-rat, similar known in south Sudan'
Event Date 3/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
In March 2019, Dr. Isabelle Vella Gregory studied some of the Jebel Moya material and figurines at MAA. She provided measurements and identified the animal in a new description. No new date was given for this object and so the Period field remains '?Neolithic; ?Merioitc' (with the '?' being moved to the front of each date to reflect current standards). More investigation of the material will have to be undertaken to fully assess and date the objects.
Information regarding her analysis can be found in the archive, Doc.491.
Event Date 3/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Fragment of animal figurine of clay.
Event Date 12/3/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (References)
Vella Gregory, Isabelle. (2021). 'Re-examining Jebel Moya figurines: new directions for figurine studies in Sudan'. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. pp. 1-26. p. 19 fig. 15 b.
Event Date 2021
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson