Cast

Figurine

Plaque

B4925

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B4925
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta | Plaster
Iconography Eabani
Description

CBS Register: fragment of a terracotta relief on plaque. Eabani holding emblem (sketched) with both hands.

PBS XVI: Enkidu holds a standard. The disc with central knob on a huge post may be a solar emblem, a colossal club, or even a door post. The bull’s ears, the mitre with four pairs of horns, the plaited beard, the long braids of hair, and the threefold belt are in the classical Gudea style. molded relief.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number PBS XVI: 205 - Other Number | P261121 - CDLI Number

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