Female Mesopotamian Figure

1000-500 BCE (Neo-Assyrian (?); Neo-Babylonian (?))

3.8 cm 9.3 cm 2.7 cm

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Terracotta figurines of standing nude women are the most common type of Babylonian votive. Sometimes the figure clasps her hands in front of her, as seen here, while in other examples the figure holds her breasts or suckles a baby. These mass-produced fertility figurines serve...

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Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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