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An animal with a human head
(حيوان برأس إنسان)

Title	An animal with a human head
Title Original	حيوان برأس إنسان
Publication Date:	The second half of the sixth century AH / the second half of the twelfth century AD
Publication Place	- David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Inv.no. Isl 56
Record ID	object;EPM;dn;Mus21;28;ar
Library Location	David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date	The second half of the sixth century AH / the second half of the twelfth century AD
Notes	This figure, with a human head and an animal body, was found in Rafiqa, the twin city of Raqqa, in 1924. It has the shape of a rooster in the David Collection and the shape of a horseman in the Syrian National Museum. As ceramic sculptures, they are not only unique in Syria but also in the rest of the Islamic world. They are shapes of fountains, and they all have pipes that deliver water to the tops of the heads of the shapes.
Sample Text	"An animal with a human head" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;28;ar

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An animal with a human head

(حيوان برأس إنسان)

Publication Date The second half of the sixth century AH / the second half of the twelfth century AD

Publication Place - David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Inv.no. Isl 56

Record ID object;EPM;dn;Mus21;28;ar

Library Location David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Date The second half of the sixth century AH / the second half of the twelfth century AD

Notes This figure, with a human head and an animal body, was found in Rafiqa, the twin city of Raqqa, in 1924. It has the shape of a rooster in the David Collection and the shape of a horseman in the Syrian National Museum. As ceramic sculptures, they are not only unique in Syria but also in the rest of the Islamic world. They are shapes of fountains, and they all have pipes that deliver water to the tops of the heads of the shapes.

Sample Text "An animal with a human head" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;28;ar