Equestrian Figurine Fragment

B2509

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B2509
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Parthian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Rider
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, torso of a rider, face well preserved. Parthian. Upper part of a bearded rider.

Fragment of a horse and rider. His face is clearly mold made, but the top of his head has broken off. His arms protrude forward and a small portion of the horse's neck remains. He is broken off mid-torso and an old stem mount remains.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889

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