Human Figurine

B2310

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number B2310
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Bel?
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, god, had marble arms. Bel?

PBS XVI: Male figure, same primitive type and modelled by hand. Depressed chin or beard. The band with markings is not a necklace but the edge of a tunic. An added piece of clay with incised lines, represents the turban, or the waved hair. A hole pierced from shoulder to shoulder served to attaché mobile arms, and to add life to the clay doll. A line below the arms may be a belt.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889
Other Number PBS XVI: 162 - Other Number | Peters 216 - Field No SF

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