Equestrian Figurine Fragment
B15464
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B15464 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Parthian |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Parthian Rider |
Description | CBS Register: clay model. Parthian rider, beard, pointed skull, no turban, horse missing. Arms were round neck. PBS XVI: Male figure. Same type. [hand-modelled, primitive, with club and scimitar] Smaller type. Turban, eyes, and edge of the shawl are missing Small handmade rider with a smoothed head, described as a ‘Parthian cap’. His arms protrude forward and are broken off. The position of his legs indicate that he was likely straddling a horse. He is significantly smaller than the other horse-and-rider figures. His face is handmade with very basic facial features. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 182 - Other Number |
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