Figurine

B9457

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B9457
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Mask
Description

CBS Register: terracotta mask of a man, with holes for eyes, nose and mouth and ears.

PBS XVI: Hollow mask modelled by hand. Coarse type with a cut for the mouth and holes pierced through for eyes and nostrils. Two more holes in place of type ears may have served to attach earrings, or to hang the mask.

Credit Line Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number PBS XVI: 189 - Other Number | P264826 - CDLI Number

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