Cast
Figurine
Plaque
B1976
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B1976 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta | Plaster |
| Iconography | Priapus? |
| Description | CBS Register: cast. terracotta relief from Nippur. God squatting (Priapus?). Arms touching each other in front of breast. Original in Constantinople. PBS XVI: Grotesque child with bent legs and arms in imitation of the Egyptian Ptah, the embryo god. The little idol was popular and supposed to have protective virtues. molded. Cast of an original in Constantinople. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 219 - Other Number |
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