Object Fragment

75-29-383

From: Iran | Hasanlu

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 75-29-383
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Hasanlu
Archaeology Area Y33(4)[6]/130 LOT23
Period Hasanlu Period IV
Date Made 1000-800 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Description

Bottom of a circular object with carved leg and part of belly of an animal; base edge bears half of a guilloche pattern.

Muscarella Publication: "Fragment of a pyxis preserving the flaked-off leg of a bull and part of its stomach and testicles, right. The decorated scene is inset from the area below, which has an incomplete but fully preserved guilloche at the intact base. The interior is roughly smoothed."

Credit Line The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1975
Other Number HAS74-N592 - Field No SF

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