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Plate
Near Eastern, Persian
Sasanian
A.D. 225–630
Medium/Technique
Silver-gilt
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 4.8 × 24 cm (1 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Keith McLeod Fund
Accession Number57.587
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CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsUnclassified
DescriptionCurved sides. Thick, high foot. Inside carved in relief and gilded with designs showing the Moon-god, Mah, within a crescent moon, seated above the caonopy mounted on the chariot drawn by four zebus with two driers. Mah is enthroned like a Sassanian king with ceremonial axe, spear and cushions. The figure below is possibly Tishtrya, the first aspect of the constellation, as a young man. below Tishtrya is the tree of life.
Provenance1957, sold by A. Khan Rahimi, New York to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1957)