Figurine Fragment
B6309
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B6309 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Early Babylonian Period |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | CBS Register: fragment of terracotta figurine, woman (?) with arms crossed at breasts. early Babylonian PBS XVI: Male figure of a primitive type, modelled by hand. Same pinched nose, pellet eyes, absence of ears and mouth, and no neck. The arms are attached separately, bend and crossed, in the position of the servant or worshiper. Fingers and bracelets are incised. Even men wore bracelets. The turban is a separate band of clay tied about the head. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 154 - Other Number | P263977 - CDLI Number |
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