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Period:: Sasanian–early Islamic
Date:: ca. 6th–8th century A.D.
Geography:: Iran, Qasr-i Abu Nasr
Culture:: Sasanian or Islamic
Medium:: Bronze
Dimensions:: 3.37 x 1 in. (8.56 x 2.54 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession Number:: 33.175.54

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Provenance

1932–33, excavated by J.M. Upton, W. Hauser and C.K. Wilkinson on behalf of The Persian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; acquired by the Museum in 1933, ceded in the division of finds.
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