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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Bird Amulet
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Bird Amulet

Place CreatedLuristan, Iran, Asia
Date10th-9th Century BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions1 15/16 x 3/4 x 7/8 in., 37 g (4.9 x 1.9 x 2.3 cm, 1 5/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.322
ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
early 1st Millennium BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
10th-9th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
8th-7th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
early 1st Millennium BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
late 8th-7th Century BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
9th-8th Century BCE