Five Old Babylonian terracotta plaques

CIRCA 1850-1650 B.C.

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Five Old Babylonian terracotta plaques
Circa 1850-1650 B.C.
Moulded in relief, comprising a musician playing a lute and walking in profile to the right, 3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) high; a standing figure of a god with long curling beard, repaired, 6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high; a frontally facing nude goddess wearing horned crown of divinity, 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high; the head and upper torso of a bearded king, 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high; and a king walking to the right, 3 3/8in. (8.7 cm.) high, all mounted (5)

Lot Essay

Item one: cf. P. O. Harper et al (eds.), The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992, pp. 186-7 and 195, nos. 122-3 and 136, for terracotta musicians holding similar instruments.

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