Furniture Ornament

67-39-93

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iran (uncertain) | Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 67-39-93
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Culture Urartian
Provenience Iran (uncertain) | Turkey (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

14 Similar pieces of sheathing. Most are bent in some degree but 67-39-93 is undamaged. 67-39-106 is only half preserved. Of sheet bronze. Two rectangular openings thru which element of furniture could pass. On both faces is a pair of volutes resembling the Aeolic capital.

Height 6 cm
Width 7 cm
Depth 3.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1967

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