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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