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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.60.18
Title
Head and Upper Part of a Statuette Holding a Smaller Figure
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1900-1800 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Babylon (Mesopotamia)
Period
Old Babylonian/Isin-Larsa period
Culture
Mesopotamian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148679

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, mold made
Dimensions
9 x 6 x 2.5 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of W.C. Burriss Young
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.60.18
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Mold-made terracotta figurine fragment depicting the head and partial bust of a figure with a smaller standing figure below the proper left shoulder of the larger figure. The terracotta is a light tan colour.

The figurine has a broad head, wearing an impressed convex diadem surmounted by a pair of horns; large eyes and nose, sensous mouth; necklace below chin. Appears to hold small standing figure on left side with bent right arm and vertical fold marking long cloak-like garment. Grainy like brown surface with darkish reddish brown interior; rear surface impressed with finger prints; left margin broken away; diagonal break from right shoulder to just below smaller figure.

Verification Level

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