Plaque

53-11-90

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 53-11-90
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Locus TA 226 L XII-2
Period Isin-Larsa | Old Babylonian Period
Date Made 2000-1595 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Musician
Description

Incomplete. In low relief, a seated human figure playing a musical instrument; animal (pig?) behind the human figure; dog in front and facing human figure.

-seems to be from same mold as L-29-303

Height 8 cm
Length 11.5 cm
Depth 1.5 cm
Credit Line University Museum-University of Chicago/Oriental Institute Expedition, 1953
Other Number 3N-469 - Field No SF

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