Statuette of a Standing Female Figure from Borsippa in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2019

Statuette of standing female figure,1st–2nd century


Object Details

Date: 1st–2nd century

Geography: Mesopotamia, Birs-Nimrud (ancient Borsippa)

Medium: Calcite alabaster (?), stucco, pigment

Dimensions: 18 1/8 × 6 5/16 × 3 1/8 in. (46 × 16 × 8 cm)
20 11/16 × 7 11/16 × 5 11/16 in. (52.5 × 19.5 × 14.5 cm)

Classification: Stone-Sculpture

Credit Line: The Trustees of the British Museum, Department of the Middle East, London, ME 91593


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/759564