Equestrian Figurine Fragment
B15477
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B15477 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Parthian |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Parthian Rider |
Description | CBS Register: clay statuette. Parthian rider. Body and bust. Fragment of a horse and rider. Both the horse and rider are handmade. The rider is headless; its arms hang onto the horse’s neck and its legs are smoothed into the torso of the horse. The horse is also headless, only having a neck as far as the rider’s arms. All of the horse’s legs are missing. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
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