Equestrian Figurine Fragment

B16681

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16681
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Parthian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Rider
Description

CBS Register: Nippur. terracotta figurine. Parthian rider. Upper part of body. molded. Peaked cap. Nippur. IIIrd Exp.

Fragment of a rider that would have been part of a horse-and-rider figurine. Its face is heavily worn but was clearly mold-made. A portion of its torso remains; the arms are broken off. The body retains a hole from an old museum mount.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number P270166 - CDLI Number

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