| Object Number | B8956 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Warka |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Woman | Infant |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine, woman squatting suckling her babe. PBS XVI: nude woman suckling a baby. This new type of nurse is not standing but squatting. She supports the baby's head with her left hand and presses it to her breast. She holds his body with her right hand, while his legs are playing baby-like in the air. Below her is a cushion or low bench. molded relief. Found in Warka. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. H. Haynes, 1894 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 46 - Other Number | P263773 - CDLI Number |
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