Human Figurine
B2757
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B2757 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | God | Staff | Weapon |
Description | CBS Register: upper part of terracotta statue (high relief) male person (god) with his symbol or weapon. PBS XVI: Enlulim, a pastoral god, carries over his shoulder the whip of the shepherd. IT has a long thong and a short handle, and is commonly used to drive sheep and goats. His seat is at times a ram, as on a clay relief from Tello. Round turban, long beard, hair tied in a knot behind belong to the classical age after Gudea. Many archaic seals represent shepherds driving their cattle, whip in hand. molded relief. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 201 - Other Number |
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