This fragment is decorated with two identical royal or religious processions, a typical stylistic and iconographic representation. What the footmen carry remains unknown. The Urartian cuneiform inscription above the top panel reads: "From the arsenal of Argishti."
Plaque fragment with chariot scenes inscribed with the Urartian royal name Argishti
Period: Iron Age III
Date: ca. 713–679 B.C.
Geography: Urartu
Culture: Urartian
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 5 15/16 × 3 9/16 × 1/16 in. (15.1 × 9 × 0.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Reliefs-Inscribed
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1976
Accession Number: 1976.5
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