vessel-fitting

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Object Type
Museum number: 22493
Description: Copper alloy handle decorated with a lion's head in the centre; a triangular plate at either end was attached to a large vessel by three rivets.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 9thC BC-7thC BC
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Emilius Clayton; Excavated by: Dr G C Raynolds; Excavated by: Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Toprakkale
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 45 centimetres (vessel); Height: 16 centimetres; Weight: 730 grammes; Width: 17 centimetres; Depth: 7.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: Pair with 1880,1216.11 (BM.22492).
Bibliographic references: Sigrist M et al 1996a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, II; Barnett 1954a / The Excavations of the British Museum at Toprak Kale near Van - Addenda (pt.1, p.6 and pl.II)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2020 20 Feb-25 Oct, CaixaForum Zaragoza, An Age of Luxury 2019-2020 18 Sep-12 Jan, CaixaForum Madrid, An Age of Luxury 2019 4 Apr-11 Aug, CaixaForum Barcelona, An Age of Luxury 2018 9 May-3 Sep, Hong Kong History Museum, An Age of Luxury
Subjects
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 22493
Registration number: 1880,1216.10
Conservation

Free entry