Human Figurine
B2537
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2537 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Parthian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Woman | Necklace |
| Description | CBS Register: Terracotta figurine, fragment. Persian or Partian. Headless torso of a spotted woman, wearing a necklace. PBS XVI: bust of a nude woman. Same unusual type, with square shoulders, arms far apart from the body, prominent hanging breasts and narrow disengaged neck. It is, moreover, painted with blacks spots over a white slip. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I,1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 33 - Other Number |
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