Human Figurine

B15431

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B15431
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Nude Woman
Description

CBS Register: fragment, clay violin shaped plaque: nude woman. head, legs broken off, hands support breasts, round arms. bracelets (sketched)

PBS XVI: nude woman with hands below her breasts. Hips, pubes, and navel are prominent. A subtler modelling atones for the rude Oriental symbolism. The pubes is a large stippled triangle. The arms, too small and awkwardly bent, are attached separately.

Height 1.7 cm
Length 6.7 cm
Width 4.6 cm
Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XVI: 29 - Other Number

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