Human Figurine

B15430

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B15430
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Nude Woman
Description

CBS Register: fragment, clay violin shaped bust: nude woman. eyes, hair, turban missing. Necklace (sketched)

PBS XVI: nude woman. Fragment hand-modelled and primitive. Pellet eyes are missing on either side of a pinched nose, so are locks of hair and fillet. The necklace is a double line incised and V-shaped at the back.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XVI: 14 - Other Number

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