Equestrian Figurine Fragment

B2321

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B2321
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Horse | Rider
Description

CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, plaything. rider on horseback.

Fragment of a horse and rider. The rider is headless and is missing one full arm and one hand. The horse is also headless and has all the legs broken off at the torso. The remaining fragment bares resemblance to a centaur with all the missing portions.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889

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