Equestrian Figurine Fragment
B2855
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2855 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Parthian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Rider |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment (head of man and horse wanting). Parthian. Rider on horseback. PBS XVI: Persian rider. Fragment of a horse and rider. The rider retains the bottom-most portion of his mold-made face: his mouth and the bottom of his beard. The rest of his body is hand made and his hands hold onto the neck of a horse who is complete but for the lower portion of his face. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 252 - Other Number | Peters Cat No 281 - Other Number |
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