Figurine
Plaque
B15458
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15458 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Woman | Bird |
| Description | CBS Register: clay relief. half squat dressed woman holding a bird under her arm. PBS XVI: a squatting woman holds a bird in her left arm, and is a grotesque interpretation of Venus and the goose. Her right knee is drawn up and her left leg is bent under her. She is dressed at least about the lower limbs, but breast and navel are conspicuous. She wears turban, bracelet and necklace and rests on a small base. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 125 - Other Number |
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