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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