Plate

Jewelry

B4026

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B4026
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Parthian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gold
Description

Thin, diamond shaped, for adorning face, cheek, eye of corpse.

CBS Register: thin piece of gold, diamond shaped (drawn), for adorning face (cheek) or eye of corpse. Parthian (?) from same tomb as B4024

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Ida Hilprecht; Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896

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