Human Figurine
B15466
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15466 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | CBS Register: clay statuette. Man. One arm up (Ninib), the other down. Shawl under right arm. hair, beard. eyes. PBS XVI: Male figure, primitive and modelled by hand. Same type as before [with club and scimitar]. A band with pellets across the chest is the edge of a fringed shawl. Waved lines represent the hair—or a woolen cap. The raised right hand wielded a weapon and is now wanting. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 161 - Other Number |
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