Plaque
B16679
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16679 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Date Made | 2000-1595 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Hog | Sow | Piglet |
| Description | CBS Register: Nippur. terracotta relief. hog, sow, and 4 sucklings. Nippur, IIIrd exped. PBS XVI: Boar and sow and four suckling pigs. The male covers the female, while the little pigs standing on their hind legs, try to reach the mother’s teats. molded relief. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 309 - Other Number | P270165 - CDLI Number |
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