Relief of a female figure from a Slipper Coffin
Relief of a female figure from a Slipper Coffin

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Relief of a female figure from a Slipper Coffin,

1st–2nd century CE

Parthian
y1944-11

Information

Title
Relief of a female figure from a Slipper Coffin
Dates

1st–2nd century CE

Medium
Clay with green alkaline glaze (soda-lime-silica)
Dimensions
36.5 x 11.6 x 5.4 cm (14 3/8 x 4 9/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1944-11
Place Collected

Iraq, Uruk

Period
Parthian
Type
fragments, ceramics
Materials
clay
Subject
coffins, figures (representations), women

Purchased from Mr David in 1944.

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