Figurine Fragment
B2889
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2889 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Beltis |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, high relief. Naked Beltis. PBS XVI: nude woman. simply standing with both arms hanging by her sides. The plasticity of the body is remarkably good and almost Greek, but the type is decidedly oriental and has the same generous lines as the nude nurse with the child, No. 38, and is modelled with the same restraint and sense of harmony. molded. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 68 - Other Number | Peters Cat No 871 - Other Number |
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