Dolls and Clay Plates Confiscated From the Iraqi National Museum

Abstract

Figurine art of making is one of the most significant folklore arts or industries that played a role in the religious and social life, they were presented as vows for the gods in temples and also buried with the dead, often at other times also used as toys or perhaps reflect the gods placed in temples for worshipping.

The Iraqi Museum, frequently receives tens of these artifacts those come from an unknown sources artifacts, such an artifact by itself may represent a challenge for professionals and students to first define and identify spatial and historical identity and is like a puzzle of the researcher.

In this study we'll discuss models of these confiscated figurines and plaques in the Iraqi National Museum stores, the group selected for study reflects a variety of subjects, some of which represents the goddess in scenes reflecting themes related to religious thought in ancient Iraq, as there are other related to purely social ideas like breastfeeding women or women alone.