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Button-Based Situla
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Bronze, repoussé, punched, incised
Diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund 1960.35.1
Location
102A Ancient Near East
Description
The metalworkers of Luristan provided the Assyrian empire with elaborate bronze ornaments and vessels. These two situla are decorated symmetrically---one with ibexes drinking from an overflowing water jar; the other, with sphinxes.