Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$1,250.00
The cast in one piece cylinder with pyramidal spikes, rhomboidal in cross section, through hole of a conical shape. Finial of this type must be mounted on poles, which have not survived. At the top, in the shallow groove under the collar, there is a perpendicular hole to the axis with remains of a pin for attachment to the pole. D. 1.6″(4 cm), H. 1.6″(4 cm).
See: Calmeyer P. Datierbare Bronzen aus Luristan und Kirmanshah, in Untersuchungen zur Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie 5, 1969, pg119; L. Vanden Berghe, Les tombes de l’age du fer au Luristan. La necropole deDjub-i Gauhar, in: Archeologia 138, 1980. pg. 32ff; Mit Hieb und Stich. Bronzewaffen aus dem alten Iran. Die Sammlung von Grawert. Frakfurt am Main, 2001. pg. 65.