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Object with a handle, perhaps a weight; palm trees and guilloche

ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE
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Object Information
  • Title: Object with a handle, perhaps a weight; palm trees and guilloche
  • Period: Early Bronze Age
  • Date: ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE
  • Geography: Persian Gulf region or southern Iran
  • Medium: Chlorite schist
  • Dimensions: H. 22.9 cm; W. 25.1 cm; D. 4.6 cm
  • Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.281.40
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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