Plaque Fragment
B2859
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2859 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Locus | Temple of Bel |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Boar |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta relief, fragment (hind part broken off) Shellaked. PBS XVI: Wild boar. A good piece of realistic art. The long snout and tusks, the small keen eyes, the long crouching ears, the bristling hair along the spine are true to type. molded relief. One actual fragment of the boar plaque, a mold created from it, and two casts from that mold. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 308 - Other Number |
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