Equestrian Figurine Fragment

B2322

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B2322
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Horse | Rider
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, plaything. rider on horseback.

Fragment of a horse and rider. Both the horse and rider are handmade. The rider is headless, with its arms hanging onto the horse’s neck and legs smoothed into the horse’s torso. The lower back of the rider is smoothed down; a thumbprint can almost be made out. The horse is faceless but with a full neck and mane. All of the horse’s legs are missing.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889
Other Number Peters 256 - Field No SF

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