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| Keywords: Babylonian - Female Mesopotamian Figure - Walters 481807.jpg 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 served as votive offerings or as charms to aid in conception and childbirth between 1000 500 BC Neo-Assyrian ; Neo-Babylonian mold-made terracotta cm 9 3 3 8 2 7 accession number 48 1807 33218 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 Museum purchase formerly part of the Walters Collection 1941 In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Babylonia in present-day Iraq Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Babylon Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
