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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