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Object Number:33-22-177
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iran
Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area: Tepe Hissar, DH 06, hoard
Locus: Period III C
Period: Hissar IIIc
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Gold
Iconography:Mouflon
Length: 12.5 cm
Width: 8.7 cm
Credit Line:Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933
Other Number:H3211 - Field No SF

Description

Gold Mouflon Head. Sheet of gold; rams head, horns extended to form large ovals on either side. 7 pairs of piercings around edge for attachment to some object.

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Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005) View Objects in Exhibition
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Bibliography:

[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: 161View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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