Figurine
B2625B
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B2625B |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Parthian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Horse | Rider |
| Description | CBS Register: terracotta figurine blackened by fire, roughly made, Parthian. Rider on horseback. PBS XVI: Persian rider on horseback modelled by hand. The head is rudimentary, reduced to a nose, a beard and a peaked cap. The horse has a thick mane, a forelock, two pellet eyes, and a long nose. Hand and feet of man and horse are scarcely modelled. The rider has the same erect position as before. The figurine is blackened by fire and melting bitumen. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XVI: 246 - Other Number | B2625 A - Other Number |
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