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Object Type
Museum number: 134384
Description: Fragmentary gold strip with embossed and chased decoration showing two lion-like animals arranged in antithetical pairs, each of the beasts separated by a raised, apparently soldered, circle which was presumably intended to hold a coloured inlay (missing); the beasts have triangular ears and large eyes, and their legs and tails end in spirals; along the top and bottom edges of the strips, there are bird's heads (possibly eagles) with long curled beaks, placed back to back; the ears and eyes of the leonine beasts, and the eyes of the birds are inlaid with a blue enamel-like material.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 8thC BC-7thC BC (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Ziwiye (said to be from)
Materials: gold; enamel (?)
Technique: embossed; chased; soldered; inlaid
Dimensions: Length: 10.10 centimetres; Weight: 24.30 grammes; Width: 3.10 centimetres
Curator's comments: See also 1964,0616.1
Bibliographic references: Curtis 1989a / Ancient Persia (p. 25, fig. 27); Curtis & Kruszynski 2002a / Ancient Caucasian and Related Material in The British Museum (pp. 85, 127, pl. 19b, cat. no. 194 (bottom)); British Museum Report of the Trustees 1966 / Report of the Trustees 1966 (p.38)
Location: On display (G52/dc2)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1995-2005 17 Nov-14 Dec, BM, G52/IRAN/14/11 1977 London, BM, 'Animals in Art'
Subjects: bird; mammal
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1964
Acquisition notes: Previous ownership according to R. Ghirshman (Sept Mille Ans, p. 84).
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 134384
Registration number: 1964,0616.2
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