Plaque Fragment

B15435

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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