Cast

Figurine

Plaque

Object Number:

B1975

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Iraq
Nippur

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Terracotta
Plaster

Iconography:

Beltis

Description:

CBS Register: Cast of terracotta relief, from Nippur, Beltis. PBS XVI: nude woman, with hands placed on the breasts. Shoulders and hips are unusually large. The legs run into a point with no line to mark their division. The arms, eyes, hair, turban and bracelets are attached separately. Pellets added on the turban are ornaments, embroidery rather than curls of hair escaping from a tress. Hair, fingers, pubes and necklace are incised. Pinched nose and no trace of the mouth. Cast of an original in Constantinople

Height:

2.6

Length:

11.7

Width:

4.2

Other Number:

PBS XVI: 21

Other Number