Button-Based Situlas (Cleveland Museum of Art 1960.35)
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 have symmetrical decoration—one with ibexes drinking from an overflowing water jar; the other, with sphinxes. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1960.35: Button-Based Situlas, 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
- 2
- 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
- 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.
Research required
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