Handle
Cast
59-4-222
From: Iran | Hasanlu
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 59-4-222 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran | Hasanlu |
| Archaeology Area | XXIV(3)[2]/198\ | Z27 |
| Period | Hasanlu Period IVB |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Plaster |
| Description | Plaster cast of one of the two handles from large shallow copper/bronze basin. Handle curved in shape to accommodate three fingers. Attachment decorated with form in the shape of a bird with pulled up feet, outspread wings and bent head. Interior of bird filled with lead plug. Original handle in Musee Melli Iran, Tehran, iran (TM 10635). Handle had been ttached by two nails at either end of handle attachment. |
| Credit Line | The Hasanlu Project; Robert H. Dyson Jr., 1958 |
| Other Number | HAS58-240 - Field No SF |
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