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Object Number:30-33-2A
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Culture:Scythian
Provenience: Russia
Kuban
Maikop
Date Made: 499-400 BCE
Early Date: -499
Late Date: -400
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Gold
Iconography:Panther
Height: 5 cm
Width: 4.2 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930
Other Number:J502 - Cast Number

Description

Animal from wooden rhyton. Panther head.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005) View Objects in Exhibition
44 Eyes in a Museum Storeroom ( Dec 2000 - 2001) View Objects in Exhibition
Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) View Objects in Exhibition
Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Collection] Leskov, Aleksandr M. 2008. The Maikop Treasure.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 50, no. 58View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 120, fig. 108View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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