Object Number | B9475 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta | Plaster |
Iconography | Ibex | Tree |
Description | CBS Register: cast. terracotta plaque: 2 ibexes rampant under tree. Original in Constantinople. PBS XVI: Ibexes rampant on each side of a mythical tree of life which grows on a mountain. The heraldic group is found early on Elamite painted pottery and also in Assyria, Asia Minor, the Greek islands and at Mycenae. molded plaque relief. Cast of an original in Constantinople. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 223 - Other Number | P264841 - CDLI Number |
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