Equestrian Figurine Fragment

B15477

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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