Plaque

65-31-577

From: Iran | Hasanlu

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 65-31-577
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Hasanlu
Archaeology Area BBII
Period Hasanlu Period IV
Date Made 1000-800 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Iconography Griffin?
Description

Ivory plaque fragments; fragment of lower border of low relief plaque showing three griffin (?) feet.

Muscarella Publication: "Extant are two claw-like feet of a lion confronting a human foot at right. Probably a lion and hunter. The plain left and narrow banded lower edges are intact; the scene was completed on another plaque."

Credit Line The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1964

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