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Roundel

Period:
Middle Elamite
Date:
ca. 1500–1100 B.C.
Geography:
Southwestern Iran
Culture:
Elamite
Medium:
Bronze, limestone
Dimensions:
1.18 in. (3 cm)
Classification:
Metalwork-Ornaments
Credit Line:
Gift of Elsa Rabenou, 1964
Accession Number:
64.63a, b
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 404
Acquired by the Museum in 1964, gift of Elsa Rabenou, New York.

“Origin and Influence, Cultural Contacts: Egypt, the Ancient Near East, and the Classical World.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 18, 1970–April 23, 1971.

Amiet, Pierre. 1977. "Appliques Iranniennes." La Revue du Louvre XXVII, p. 68, fig. 13, 14.

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. 228, fig. 19-21.

Timelines
Iran, 2000-1000 B.C.

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