Human Figurine
B2898
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B2898 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Beltis |
Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, goddess. very primitive. Beltis with necklace. PBS XVI: nude woman, hand-modelled. the head with pinched nose and pellet eyes has that bird-like aspect common to old Sumerian figures. The breasts, navel and pendant of the necklace are pellets of different size. The necklace is a band with markings in imitation of pearls or beads. A missing band of clay about the head was a fillet or a tress tied around the wavy mases of hair. Mouth and nostrils are incisions. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 5 - Other Number |
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