Human Figurine
B2768
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2768 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Nude Man | Lion Skin | Gilgamesh? |
| Description | CBS Register: fragment of terracotta figurine. naked male figurine seated with lion and skin (Gilgamesh) PBS XVI: Heracles with the lion's skin over his left arm. He has no weapon but he holds by the neck a lion's cub, as an amusing variant of his lion killing. The body is well modelled. The muscles have the exuberant relief found in the Hercules Farnese. molded. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 130 - Other Number | Peters Cat No. 378 - Other Number |
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