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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