Finial

Pole Top

Macehead

33-22-115

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iran | Tepe Hissar

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-22-115
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iran | Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area Tepe Hissar, CH 65 X 1, Plot record #2
Locus Period III C
Period Hissar IIIc
Section Near Eastern
Materials Copper (uncertain)
Iconography Gazelle | Star
Description

Gazelle standing on pole, the top of which ends in a 6-pointed star. The cylindrical pole itself is encircled by a band slightly above its middle. Expanding base.

Height 3.2 cm
Length 3.4 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Credit Line Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933
Other Number H3578 - Field No SF

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