Cast

Figurine

B1965

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B1965
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta | Plaster
Iconography Goddess | Shrine
Description

CBS Register: cast. Terracotta relief, goddess in her shrine. Female figure, nude, with arms folded over.

PBS XVI: nude woman with hands crossed below her breasts. The figure seems hand-modelled, but the background may be the overflow of a mold. The pubes are incised, the nose pinched, the eyes mere depressions, the mouth a scratched line, Locks of hair fall on the shoulders and are tied by a fillet. The slender neck is surrounded by a double line of beads. The head inclines to the right. Cast of an original in Constantinople.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Fund Purchase, 1888-1891
Other Number PBS XVI: 31 - Other Number

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