Human Figurine
B12297
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B12297 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Beltis |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, Beltis, naked, holding her breasts, necklace, cf hair! early period. PBS XVI: nude woman with hands under her breasts. Hand-modelled and primitive. Same type with eyes, arms, turban, and locks of hair attached separately, pinched nose, no mouth, incised fingers, bracelets and necklace. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur IV, 1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 18 - Other Number | P267897 - CDLI Number |
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