Cast
Figurine
B4927
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B4927 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta | Plaster |
| Iconography | Man | Lion |
| Description | CBS Register: Cast. Terracotta figurine, fragment. a male figure, seated, lion on left side. PBS XVI: Heracles with the lion's skin over his left arm. The strap of his sword thrown across his powerful body sets off its beautiful modelling. He probably carries a weapon in his right hand. The mighty lion killer is a new Gilgamesh. molded. Cast of an original in Constantinople. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | P261123 - CDLI Number | PBS XVI: 129 - Other Number |
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