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Decorated disc pin
Near Eastern, Iranian, Luristan (?)
Iron Age
8th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Width x length: 10.5 x 15 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the Oriental Institute
Accession Number41.342
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Fibulae
DescriptionCopper pin, terminating in a disk, ornamented with a central sun-face, and life plant guarded by affronted griffins below and winged ibexes above. A part of the right side of the disc is broken off and missing
ProvenanceFrom Luristan. December 1939, purchased in Tehran by Dr. Erich B. Schmidt; 1941, given to the MFA by the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the Oriental Institute.
(Accession date: May 08, 1941)
(Accession date: May 08, 1941)