Figurine
Plaque
B15426
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15426 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | found 15 feet below the level of Naram-Sin | CBS Register: 13 feet below the level .... |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Nude Woman |
| Description | CBS Register: fragment clay violin shaped plaque: nude woman (sketched). Discovered 13 feet below the level of Naram Sin, Nippur, Oct. 12, 1885, with other objects, cf. 15558, 15559. PBS XVI: nude woman. it is only a fragment but very archaic, flat, and modelled by hand. The legs probably ran into a point with no lines to mark their division. The pubes is a large triangular patch with lines of dots inside. Excavated October 12, 1895 |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 1 - Other Number |
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