Cast

Figurine

B1968

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1968
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Plaster
Iconography Musician | Man | Woman
Description

CBS Register: cast. terracotta figurine, from Nippur, two musicians. Woman playing the drum, man the double flute

PBS XVI: Two girl musicians. One plays the double flute, the other holds a drum or a mystical ciste, a sacred basket to carry ritual objects commonly used in Greek mysteries and funerals. The girls are dressed about the lower limbs and wear necklaces and bracelets and a turban about their curls. molded. Cast of an original in Constantinople.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Fund Purchase, 1888-1891
Other Number PBS XVI: 90 - Other Number

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