Human Figurine
| Object Number: | B9451 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Iraq Nippur |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Terracotta |
| Iconography: | Winged Figure Lyre |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number: | PBS XVI: 119 - Other Number P264820 - CDLI Number |
Description
CBS Register: Terracotta figurine, fragment. Nude figure with wings and shawl thrown over left shoulder. Angel playing musical instrument.
PBS XVI: Winged Eros playing on a kithara. He holds the instrument in the left and a plectron in the right hand. His himation is thrown back over his shoulders, exposing his young round limbs. A stippled crown of leaves and berries is tied about his long locks, falling on the shoulders. A smile illuminates his face. The kithara has the classical form, two uprights and a cross piece over a sounding box. Strings are tied across the rough oval of the frame. Solid clay molded.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Legrain, Leon. 1930. Terra-Cottas from Nippur.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. ed. Publications of the Babylonian Section. Vol. XVI. pg. 1-52, 445 plates Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Polin, Claire C. 07 Apr 1954. Gifts of Jubal: Musical Instruments from the Ancient East.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: figure X | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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