Figurine
| Object Number: | B2625B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Iraq Nippur |
| Period: | Parthian |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Terracotta |
| Iconography: | Horse Rider |
| Credit Line: | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number: | PBS XVI: 246 - Other Number B2625 A - Other Number |
Description
CBS Register: terracotta figurine blackened by fire, roughly made, Parthian. Rider on horseback.
PBS XVI: Persian rider on horseback modelled by hand. The head is rudimentary, reduced to a nose, a beard and a peaked cap. The horse has a thick mane, a forelock, two pellet eyes, and a long nose. Hand and feet of man and horse are scarcely modelled. The rider has the same erect position as before. The figurine is blackened by fire and melting bitumen.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Peace Around the World: Toys and Games for All the Ages (08 Dec 1996 - 31 Aug 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Culbertson, Cynthia, and Olsen, Sandra. 2010. A gift from the desert : the art, history, and culture of the Arabian horse.. Lexington. Kentucky Horse Park. pg. 231 p. : col. ill., col. maps Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg.121/ fig.90 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 246 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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