Cast

Human Figurine

B1987

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B1987
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta | Plaster
Iconography Beltis
Description

CBS Register: cast of terracotta figurine from Nippur, fragment, goddess, Beltis

PBS XVI: nude woman. the breasts are not added but modelled by hand out of the clay. the necklace is a double line, V-shaped on the back. Locks of hair fall on the shoulders. Cast of an original in Constantinople.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XVI: 13 - Other Number

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