Plaque
Belt Fragment (uncertain)
53-31-5
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iran | Ziwiyeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 53-31-5 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iran | Ziwiyeh |
| Date Made | 9th century BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Gold |
| Description | Probably ornament for a belt. Incomplete. Rectangular; on each long side, 3 pairs of birds heads back to back forming a scalloped edge; in middle register two circular depressions 2 animals butting the one to the left, the other separating this group from a second similar group (?) of which only the animal facing right remains. Blue glazed inlay for bird and animal eyes (only 8 present) and probably for large depressions. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from K. Rabenou, 1953 |
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