Figurine

B6310

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B6310
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Early Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Nude Woman | Necklace
Description

CBS Register: torso of terracotta figurine, naked woman with necklace, pudenta, breast, left wanting, and nable prominently indicated.early Babylonian.

PBS XVI: nude woman supporting or pressing her breasts with both hands, the traditional attitude of the Oriental servant of love. The figure is hand-modelled, flat and broad. The arms are pieces attached apart. FIngers and necklace and incised. The pubes is triangular patch with seven rows of dots. Breasts and navel are pellets of clay as usual in the most simple or primitive stage of hand-modelling. The two legs run into a point.

Height 2.6 cm
Length 7.9 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number PBS XVI: 3 - Other Number | P263978 - CDLI Number

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