Plaque

65-31-358

From: Iran | Hasanlu

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 65-31-358
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Hasanlu
Archaeology Area BB31(5)[1]/177
Period Hasanlu Period IV
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Iconography Male Head
Description

Ivory; man's head and eye.

"Part of a panel depicting a man facing right. He has straight hair held by a fillet, lozenge-oval eyes, S-shaped ears, thick lips, prominent sharp nose, and apparently a beard. An object in front of the face appears to be a bull's foot; if so, this must be a bull-man. The plain lower and the left and right edges, raised bands, are intact; there is also a raised band that marked off an upper section, mostly missing. The body of the man was completed on a separate panel. A small dowel hole exists above the horizontal band and two larger ones flank the head. The surface is worn from use."

Credit Line The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1964
Other Number HAS64-777 - Field No SF

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