Figurine Fragment

B5600

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5600
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Beltis
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment. Beltis.

PBS XVI: nude woman with clasped hands. She wears a remarkable headdress and a veil covering neck and shoulders to the elbow. The gauze material is embroidered with beads or metal paillettes in eight rows. The turban has two lines of ornaments indicated by hatchings. Curls of hair line the forehead. Wavy masses fall on the shoulders. The bird-like head had pellet eyes, a pinched nose, no mouth and a thick neck.

Other Number PBS XVI: 28 - Other Number | P261793 - CDLI Number

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