Figurine Fragment
B9450
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B9450 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Period | Neo-Babylonian Period |
Date Made | post 450 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Lovers | Man | Woman |
Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurines, fragment, 2 lovers embracing and kissing each other. c. 450 BC or later PBS XVI: Eros and Nike - not Psyche - in loving embrace. Eros has a large crown about his curly hair, but no wings. Nike is nude. Her navel and pubes are conspicuous. The harmonious grouping, the style of head and face are purely Greek. molded and covered with a white slip. |
Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 126 - Other Number | P264819 - CDLI Number |
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