Plaque
L-29-346
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | L-29-346 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Babylonian |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Sargonic |
| Date Made | ca. 2700 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Technique | Incised |
| Iconography | Goddess | Goose | Fish | Worshippers | Animal | Offering Table |
| Description | Only the top left corner of a perforated plaque which was probably in two registrers: This shows the goddess Nina, seated on a goose and holding a fish in her right hand; behind her stand two worshippers, one holding a horned animal; before her is a tripod supporting an offering table. |
| Other Number | 1929-6-286 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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