Figurine
B12284
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B12284 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Egyptianizing |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Deity |
| Description | CBS Register: fragment of a terracotta figurine (a pillar shaped boy with legs and arms), a seated deity (Egyptian influence!) PBS XVI: Bust of a Babylonian lady. Same type. The face is nearly Greek, or a refined, graceful oval shape. The turban has a central jewel, and is surmounted by the two horn veil. Hollow figurine in two pieces molded apart, and covered with a white slip. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur IV, 1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 114 - Other Number | P267884 - CDLI Number |
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