Figurine Fragment
B2998
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2998 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Beltis |
| Description | CBS Register: Terracotta figurine, fragment, goddess, face destroyed, arms clasped below breast. Beltis. PBS XVI: same type but much heavier, with short neck, large round breasts and exaggerated proportions. The angular elbows give to the body a rigid, hieratic attitude. molded with background. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 56 - Other Number |
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