Assyrian Clay Hands from Nimrud in the Australian Institute of Archaeology

Abstract

The AIA is home to three artefacts known in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology as ‘clay hands.’ These clay hands were included in Grant Frame’s 1991 catalogue of clay hands from Assyria, but their description is general and at the time of publication their where abouts was unknown. To bring these artefacts to light, this article provides a general overview of their nature and a descriptive catalogue.