Human Figurine
B15431
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15431 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Nude Woman |
| Description | CBS Register: fragment, clay violin shaped plaque: nude woman. head, legs broken off, hands support breasts, round arms. bracelets (sketched) PBS XVI: nude woman with hands below her breasts. Hips, pubes, and navel are prominent. A subtler modelling atones for the rude Oriental symbolism. The pubes is a large stippled triangle. The arms, too small and awkwardly bent, are attached separately. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Length | 6.7 cm |
| Width | 4.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 29 - Other Number |
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