Plaque

59-4-137

From: Iran | Hasanlu

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 59-4-137
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Hasanlu
Archaeology Area BBI
Date Made 1000-800 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Description

Ivory plaque fragment; fragment of lower part of low relief plaque showing hind legs of bovine(?) animal and lowered head up to eye of another bovid. Burned Building I.

Muscarella Publication: "A small fragment preserving the cleft rear feet of an animal, right, followed by part of the head of an animal grazing: both deer? Incised lines radiate from the oval eye, which is in relief. The scene probably consisted of at least two grazing deer. Plain lower edge is intact."

Credit Line The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1958

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