Statuette Inlay

Description:

Fragmentary beard inlay from a composite statuette

Medium:

Lapis lazuli

Location:

Nippur (modern Nuffar), Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 3.5 cm; W. 1 cm; D. 0.5 cm

Date:

Kassite Period, ca. 1595–1155 BCE

Inventory Number:

B14638

Lender:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

Credit:

Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I–IV, 1888–1900