Cast
Figurine Fragment
B1970
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B1970 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta | Plaster |
| Iconography | Beltis |
| Description | CBS Register: cast of terracotta figurine from Nippur, goddess. Torso of Beltis. PBS XVI: nude woman presenting herself with hands on her breasts. The figure is hand-modelled. The legs run into a thin point. Pellets mark the navel and the angles of the pubes. Fingers, bracelets, belt and necklace are incised. Cast of an original in Constantinople. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Fund Purchase, 1888-1891 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 7 - Other Number |
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