Human Figurine

B2754

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B2754
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Beltis
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, goddess clasping her hands below her breasts. Beltis.

PBS XVI: same heavy type (nude woman with clasped hands). The Oriental features are classical: high check bones, large eyes, meeting eyebrows, fleshy lips, and firm chin. They have even a certain force and dignity, in spite of an exuberance of flesh. Hair as usual falls in curls on the shoulders. Necklace and bracelets are lines in relief. molded with background.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889
Other Number PBS XVI: 57 - Other Number

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