Part of a Bronze Standard, possibly representing the God Sarosha (Sarosh, Sraosha)
Unidentified Luristan maker
Near East
about 800 BCE
Bronze
Overall: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe Fund
S.967.30
Geography
Place Made: Iran, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Near East
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 12.2, Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Daniel Potts, Spring 2014
Provenance
C. Dikran Kelekian, New York; sold to present collection, 1967.
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