Human Figurine
B9451
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B9451 |
Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Winged Figure | Lyre |
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. |
Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 119 - Other Number | P264820 - CDLI Number |
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