Oriental Institute
| Title | Oriental Institute |
| View | Nippur Expedition 31 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Miniature shrine housing a male deity, 2000 BCE. The head of the god is missing and the baked clay piece was broken in two when found in the living quarters of a scribe by a joint archaeological expedition of the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania to the city of Nippur in Iraq. |
| Subject Terms | Gods--Iraq | Scribes (People) | Household shrines | Nippur (Extinct city)--Antiquities | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq |
| Photograph Date | 1950 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 23.5 x 19.0 cm |
| Location | Iraq |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01683 |
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