Figurine (uncertain)
Game Piece (uncertain)
B12435
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B12435 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Animal Horn? |
| Description | CBS Register: object in terracotta with horns at top (for playing chess?) PBS XVI: Head of a ram – or an ibex? – with incised hair. The muzzle is broken off. Modelled by hand in the round and not unlike a gaming piece on a checkerboard. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur IV, 1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 302 - Other Number | P268035 - CDLI Number |
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