Buckle

Period:: Sasanian

Date:: ca. 4th century A.D.

Geography:: Iran

Culture:: Sasanian

Medium:: Bronze

Dimensions:: 2.28 x 3.62 in. (5.79 x 9.19 cm)

Classification:: Metalwork-Ornaments

Credit Line:: Gift of Jerome M. Eisenberg, 1963

Accession Number:: 63.30

Not on view

Acquired by the Museum in 1963, gift of Jerome M. Eisenberg, New York.

Muscarella, Oscar W. 1988. Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 297, no. 424.

Timelines
Iran, 1–500A.D.

Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,185)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Sasanian (1,016)

Object Type / Material

Bronze (12,217)

Buckles (934)

Copper alloy (18,995)

Geographic Location

Date / Era

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Drachm

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