Lot 150
150
A MESOPOTAMIAN TERRACOTTA PLAQUE
A MESOPOTAMIAN TERRACOTTA PLAQUE

SECOND HALF OF THE 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A MESOPOTAMIAN TERRACOTTA PLAQUE
second half of the 2nd millennium b.c.
Molded in the form of a bed on raised legs, with an embracing couple and a child in relief, the woman with her back to the man, her head turned toward him, the man with his left arm around her neck, his right hand on her buttocks, the child perhaps suckling, the mattress indicated as a woven pattern
4 in. (10.7 cm.) long

Lot Essay

For an example of a couple on a similar bed see no. 135 in Harper, et. al., The Royal City of Susa, Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre, as well as p. 104, fig. 4 in Erlenmeyer and Erlenmeyer, "Vier altorientalische Statuetten," Archiv fr Orientforschung, vol. XX.