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Nearly rectangular in form, this plaque features a mythological figure in relief in the form of a bearded man with bulls horns and ears, his head rendered frontally, wearing Persian trousers and cloak, with a cylindrial object in his left hand, a crescent moon and incised star above. The plaque perhaps served as a matrix for the fabrication of sheet-metalfigures.Provenance:Royal-Athena Galleries,New York,1988-(LA.555Achaemenid Bronze Plaque - LA.555Origin: Persia Circa: 500 BCto400BCimensions:3.875" (9.8cm) high Collection: Near Eastern Antiquities Style:Achaemenid
Antiquities
Ancient Near East
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