Handle (uncertain)

65-31-369

From: Iran | Hasanlu

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 65-31-369
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Hasanlu
Archaeology Area CC31(4)/357 [Room1]
Period Hasanlu Period IV
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Iconography Bull Head
Description

Ivory fragment, top of bull's head(?)

Muscarella Publication: "Half of a hollow handle (?) carved in the form of a stylized horned animal's head. A narrow herringbone pattern forms the mane, and two relief bands, one a zig-zag, the other a rope pattern, define the neck."

Credit Line The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1964
Other Number HAS64-906 - Field No SF

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