Figurine Fragment
B2756
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2756 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Egyptianizing |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | CBS Register: Upper part of terracotta statue (high relief) betraying Egypt-influence. adorned with necklace. PBS XVI: same type (nude woman with clasped hands) but exquisitely modelled in all its details of eyes, nose, lips, chin and hair. A nine-strand necklace sets off the slender neck above the graceful curve of the breasts and the rounded arms. molded relief. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 54 - Other Number |
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