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

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 (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 (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 (CMS Context)
RECORD CREATED FROM THE ACCESSION REGISTER
Other similar objects from this site have been described as children's toys
label in box reads "Jebel Moya Un-numbered clay figurines from 1910-1911 excavations not entered" 2/4/2002 - S. Webb
For further information on the site of Jebel Moya, Sudan SEE: The Wellcome Expedition in the Sudan Jebel Moya S Vol. I Text Vol. II Plates. By Frank Addison M.A.. Vol.I.p.269-399 Register of graves - gives details including the finds and the museums sent to. P.61-96(Cp.2) TSpecialU graves in more detail. Include Graves 312 & 315 material from which is at Cambridge See 1953.286 & 1953.287. Vol.II.Plates. All those objects which are illustrated in the plates have been underlined but are also listed here: PlXLI B shell beads; 1=G512 2=G500 4=G271; =ostrich. PlXLII A natrolite beads and pendants 3=G851. PLXLIII B natrolite beads and pendants 4=G2356 11=G814 13=G500 14=G1702. PlXLVII A 4=faience beads G1559. PlXLVII B black polished ostrich egg-shell beads 2=G437. PlXLVIII A 2=faience G1884. PlLIV A lipstuds 1 quartz G876 B nose & ear studs 8=blue-grey stone earstud G567 14=polished grey pottery G456 lipstud. PlLV B bone armlets 1=G752. PlLVI A bone & ivory ornaments 6=broken ivory hair ornament, section 316 18=Ditto, section 299 19=ditto, section 284. PlLVII A 3=ivory chisel G564. PlLVIII A shell pendants 11=G730 19=G984. PlLVIII B 3=shell pendant G1190. PlLXX A& B stone rings 4=G315 9=495 14=G673. PlLXXI A picks etc. 3=E.Cemetery 14=Section 40. PlLXXI B maceheads 9=Section 364 11=Section 206. PlXXII A grinders & rubbers 3=Section 347 14=G510. For G271 , see 1953.282. For G512 , see 1953.312. For G500 , see 1953.305. For G851 , see 1953.331. For G2356 , see 1953.401. For G814 , see 1953.329. For G1702 , see 1953.373. For G1559 , see 1953.370. For G437 , see 1953.299. For G1884 , see 1953.383. For G876 , see 1953.332. For G567 , see 1953.311. For G456 , see 1953.301. For G752 , see 1953.324. For G564 , see 1953.310. For G730 , see 1953.323. For G984 , see 1953.341. For G1190 , see 1953.350. For G315 , see 1953.287. For G495 , see 1953.304. For G673 , see 1953.319. For G510 , see 1953.307. Pl LXI Accession numbers as yet unknown (MarchU83). Pl LXXI A 3=1953.223 marked 3370 from 40c.m. below ground surface. 14=1953.223 marked 381 1912-13. Pl LXXI B 9=1953.222 marked 3749 11=1953.222 marked 1510 1912-13. Pl LXXII A 3=1953.235 marked 3449; Date: 11 - ?4 Century BC -; Collected in 1910-1914

Event Date 1/6/2003
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Analysis)
In March 2019, Dr. Isabelle Vella Gregory studied some of the Jebel Moya material and figurines at MAA. She provided measurements. 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