Human Figurine

B6303

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B6303
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Early Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Woman
Description

CBS Register: upper part of a terracotta figurine, woman with heavy locks and necklace, holding her breasts. early Babylonian.

PBS XVI: nude woman. Same type, hand-modelled and primitive. Hips and shoulders are prominent, neck and waist are lost in the mass. The hands are placed under the breasts. A pellet is missing on the depressed navel. Necklace and fingers are incised.

Credit Line Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number PBS XVI: 15 - Other Number | P263971 - CDLI Number

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