Cast

Figurine Fragment

B1981

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1981
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Parthian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta | Plaster
Iconography Woman | Headdress
Description

CBS Register: cast. terracotta figurine, flat, fragment. Parthian. Female head, with high headdress. Original in Constantinople.

PBS XVI: Head of Babylonian lady. Same type [as B1952]. The forehead is covered, the nose stright, the eyebrows no longer meeting. Hollow figurine. Cast of an original in Constantinople.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XVI: 113 - Other Number

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