Figurine Fragment

B15438

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B15438
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Woman | Musician | Tambourine
Description

CBS Register: tympanist. Female. Broken clay relief. Tympan toward left, nude, two row necklace

PBS XVI: Tympanon player as before (see B2856), half nude, with a small breast awkwardly placed above the right shoulder and a necklace thrown over the left. The whole is hand-modelled. Fingers and bracelets are incised.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XVI: 84 - Other Number

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