Plaque

65-31-500

From: Iran | Hasanlu

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 65-31-500
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 Lotus Blossom
Description

Two fragments (joined) of upper border and two fragments of lower border of low relief panel which may have had the background cut out of main part of a design; one fragment shows part of foot and leg with no background; border design is of lotus blossom type flower.

Muscarella Publication: "Three fragments of a narrow panel with a row of lotus buds. One has above the row an object that appears in the photograph to be a human foot, but which is actually a flaked fragment of a unit above the lotus. The other two fragments have a serrated upper edge."

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

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