plaque
- Museum number
- 1861,1111.1
- Description
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Five oblong gold plaques (linked with 1861.11-11.3 and 4) each decorated in relief with a winged goddess, the Mistress of Animals, between two lions; surrounded by a border of twisted wires; the details are in granulation; below each plaque are five pendant pomegranates (two missing).
- Production date
- 660BC-620BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.20 centimetres
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Length: 26 centimetres (total)
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Weight: 538 grains (total)
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Width: 3.25 centimetres (average)
- Curator's comments
- Probably worn strung together across the top of a garment, fastened at the shoulders.
- Location
- On display (G13/dc1)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1990 24 Mar-10 Jun, Australia, Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum, cat. no.59
1990 28 Jun-23 Sep, Australia, Melbourne, Museum of Victoria, Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum, cat. no.59
2014-2015, 13 Nov-13 Feb, Paris, Musee du Louvre, Rhodos: a Gate from and to the Eastern Mediterranean
2018-2019, 8 Nov 2018-24 Feb 2019, London, British Museum, I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1861,1111.1