| Object Number | B1975 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta | Plaster |
| Iconography | Beltis |
| Description | CBS Register: Cast of terracotta relief, from Nippur, Beltis. PBS XVI: nude woman, with hands placed on the breasts. Shoulders and hips are unusually large. The legs run into a point with no line to mark their division. The arms, eyes, hair, turban and bracelets are attached separately. Pellets added on the turban are ornaments, embroidery rather than curls of hair escaping from a tress. Hair, fingers, pubes and necklace are incised. Pinched nose and no trace of the mouth. Cast of an original in Constantinople |
| Height | 2.6 cm |
| Length | 11.7 cm |
| Width | 4.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 21 - Other Number |
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