Equestrian Figurine Fragment

B2323

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B2323
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Horse | Rider
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, plaything. rider on horseback.

Fragment of a horse and rider. Both the horse and rider are handmade. The rider is headless, with its arms hanging onto the horse’s neck and legs smoothed into the horse’s torso. The rider’s torso shows fingermarks from smoothing the figurine down. The horse is faceless, but has a full neck, mane, and ears. The horse’s legs are all missing.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889
Other Number Peters 978 - Field No SF

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