Human Figurine
B12292
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B12292 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Nude Woman |
Description | CBS Register: fragment of a terracotta figurine, woman naked, left arm under left breast, comp. hair-dress.Early period. PBS XVI: nude woman, hand-modelled, flat and broad, with bird-like head, pinched nose and pellet eyes, all very primitive. The breasts are two pellets. The arms are attached separately , the right hanging, the left supporting the breast. This with the curious projection, knot of hair or comb at the back of the neck, resembles Assyrian figures from Assur. No incised lines nor necklace. The unusual, hieratic attitude is very archaic. |
Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur IV, 1900 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 6 - Other Number | P267892 - CDLI Number |
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