Plaque
Belt Buckle
48-2-166
From: Turkey (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-166 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Turkey (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 900-999 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Description | Object cleaned in 1966 to metal. Hinges at the corners are broken. Plate is nearly square plaque of thin bronze, one side of which is plain. In relief on the front is a square-headed lion. Corners on one side are projecting hinges with vertical holes in which a bar could pivot. |
| Height | 2.9 cm |
| Width | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 318 - Collector Number | L-2-229 - Old Loan Number |
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