English: 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.
Date
between 1000 and 500 BC(Neo-Assyrian (?); Neo-Babylonian (?))
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
Exhibition history
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.
Credit line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1941
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