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Finial; ibex head
Finial; ibex head

Finial; ibex head

Date6th century B.C.
Object number67.99
Published ReferencesRogers, Millard B., Engagement Book: Iranian Art in the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1972, fig. 11. Muscarella, Oscar White, Unexcavated Objects and Ancient Near Eastern Art, in Buccellati, Giorgio, series ed.; Levine, Louis D. and T. Cuyler Young, Jr., volume eds. Bibliotheca Mesopotamia, Volume Seven, Mountains and Lowlands: Essays in the Archaeology of Greater Mesopotamia. Malibu: Undena Publications, 1977, no. 29, p. 173
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr.
Dimensions2 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.
MediumBronze
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