Button-Based Situla (Cleveland Museum of Art 1960.35.1)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
900–700 BCE
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1960.35.1: Button-Based Situla, 900–700 BCE. Iran, Luristan. Bronze, repoussé, punched, incised; diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- bronze, repoussé, punched, incised
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
- Material and technique
- bronze, repoussé, punched, incised
Identification
- Date recorded
- 900–700 BCE
- Culture period
- Iran, Luristan
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1960.35.1
- Museum classification
- Metalwork
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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