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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