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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