Human Figurine

B7058

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B7058
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Man
Description

CBS Register: standing figurine of man. Rude. Right arm on breast. left pendant [?]

PBS XVI: Nude male (?) figure. Archaic board-like type of solid clay modeled by hand, and very rudimentary. The nose is pinched out of the mass of clay. The head has that bird-like aspect of the Sumerian soldiers of the Ur-Nina. The eyes are pellets. Ears and mouth are not indicated. The arms are two long pieces of clay attached separately, the right on the chest, the left hanging by the side. A remarkable projection at the back of the head is perhaps the core of a turban, or a comb as on some figurines from Assur.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XVI: 152 - Other Number | P262108 - CDLI Number

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