Human Figurine

B6302

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B6302
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Early Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Bearded Man
Description

CBS Register: upper part of a terracotta figurine, bearded man with headdress, scarf running over left shoulder and below right arm (god), early Babylonian.

PBS XVI: Male figure, same type [with club and scimitar], hand-modelled and primitive. Shawl is marked by line passing over the left shoulder. Usual pellet eyes, pinched nose, round turban and incised beard.

Credit Line Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number PBS XVI: 163 - Other Number | P263970 - CDLI Number

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