Plaque Fragment
B15435
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B15435 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Terracotta |
Iconography | Nude Woman |
Description | CBS Register: Broken clay relief. plaque. Nude woman. Spead hair. Small breasts. One hand to her waist, the other hanging. PBS XVI: nude woman. Hand-modelled relief. The background seems the overflow of a mold. Same type as before with flat, long body, large square shoulders, arms apart, small round breasts, no hip lines. The head has pellet eyes on either side of an enormous nose, no mouth, locks of hair radiating rather than falling, and a tight necklace. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 35 - Other Number |
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