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Object Type
Museum number: 120454
Description: Bronze figure of a warrior wearing a feathered crown; solid cast; channels along the back indicate that it was originally covered in gold and silver foil; depressions for inlay of another material can be seen around the hem of the kilt and on the eyebrows; hands extended and pierced; feet missing.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2000BC-1750BC
Materials: copper alloy; silver (pins); gold (overlay)
Technique: cast; inlaid; leaf-gilded; pierced
Dimensions: Height: 27.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Spycket A 1981a / La statuaire du Proche-Orient Ancien (p.277); Bossert H T 1951a / Altsyrien : Kunst und Handwerk in Cypern, Syrien, Palästina,Transjordanien und Arabien von den Anfängen bis zum völligen Aufgehen in der griechisch-römischen Kultur (Unter Mitarbeit von Rudolf Naumann) (no.575)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Foot missing.
Subjects: crown; warrior
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1884
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 120454
Registration number: 1884,0614.55
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BMRL 39649W (Research Lab sample number); Other BM number: GR 3/122 (Greek and Roman Reg.Vol.No)

Free entry