Human Figurine
B2754
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2754 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Beltis |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine, fragment, goddess clasping her hands below her breasts. Beltis. PBS XVI: same heavy type (nude woman with clasped hands). The Oriental features are classical: high check bones, large eyes, meeting eyebrows, fleshy lips, and firm chin. They have even a certain force and dignity, in spite of an exuberance of flesh. Hair as usual falls in curls on the shoulders. Necklace and bracelets are lines in relief. molded with background. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 57 - Other Number |
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