Figurine
B9454
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B9454 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Egyptianizing |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Achaemenid Period |
| Date Made | 6-4th centuries BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Deity? | Demon? |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine, God Bes or Babylonian demon? legs wanting, Egyptianizing. PBS XVI: Bes, the bearded Egyptian dwarf, with hands on the hips and knees wide apart. He has a short loin cloth and a belt, a flat nose, distorted eyebrows, large ears, and a protruding tongue, which contribute to his grotesque appearance. On his head is a ribbed calathose spreading on the top. molded. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 221 - Other Number | P264823 - CDLI Number |
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