Cast

Human Figurine

CBS Register: Cast. Terracotta figurine, fragment. woman seated. Original in Constantinople..

PBS XVI: Nidaba, goddess of vegetation, holding in her right hand a vase (?); in her left, ears of barley or bunches of dates or perhaps a whisk. Another goddess, Bau, sitting on a bird, raises a cup in her left hand while holding in her right similar bunches of dates. Before her is placed the vase with branches shaped like an hour-glass and a huge tripod candlestick. It spreads into three branches above, and rests on three bull’s feet. A stola with looped ends is thrown across the branches. The same is seen on several archaic reliefs representing scenes of the ancient Sumerian cult, and is still unexplained. It is a ritual piece, belt, fillet or diadem. The goddess is draped in a shawl of kaunakes which leaves her right arm bare. molded relief with a support at the back and probably made for household worship. Cast of an original in Constantinople.