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This black and white stone bead is perforated through its shorter axis. It was excavated at Surkh Dum, a settlement site in Luristan in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. It was found in a structure interpreted as a sanctuary and was thus probably an offering to a god. When it was excavated, it was encrusted to an ivory pinhead in the form of a recumbent winged horse.
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Title: Bead
Period: Iron Age II
Date: ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Geography: Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum
Culture: Iran
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 1.38 x 0.55 in. (3.51 x 1.4 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943
Object Number: 43.102.46
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