Equestrian Plaque
B15457
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15457 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Cupid? | Eros? | Woman? | Bird | Bird |
| Description | CBS Register: Fragment of white paste bas-relief. Cupid or woman on flying bird. Greek Style PBS XVI: Eros on the goose, with arms tied about the neck of the bird. A smile illuminates his chubby face framed in long locks of hair. The struggling goose wth bill half open and flapping wings is a pure Greek inspiration. molded plaque relief with rasied border and suspension holes. White baked clay. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 124 - Other Number |
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