Finial (?)
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 9th century BCE
Medium: Copper, bronze
Dimensions: 5 3/8 × 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (13.7 × 7.8 × 7.8 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Sculpture
Culture: Iran
Period: Iron Age II, Hasanlu Period IV
Purchase, Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Gift, 1961
Date range
-900 – -800
Largest dimension
7.8 cm
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