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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