Ornament

61-5-18

From: Iran | Hasanlu

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 61-5-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Hasanlu
Archaeology Area LXXVIII(3)[2]/93
Locus Citadel
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gold | Paste | Agate
Description

Roughly square piece of banded agate set into asquare plaque (?) of paste (?) which appears to be clay but is harder and heavier than clay, color reddish-grey except for band behind gold edge which is more grey; thin gold edge with decoration consisting of five small raised bosses within a row of granulation; between each boss a triangular area of granulation. Agate transluscent and there appears to be a sheet of copper-like metal behind it.

Credit Line The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1961
Other Number HAS60-94 - Field No SF

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