Finial
Pole Top
Macehead
33-22-115
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iran | Tepe Hissar
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-22-115 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iran | Tepe Hissar |
| Archaeology Area | Tepe Hissar, CH 65 X 1, Plot record #2 |
| Locus | Period III C |
| Period | Hissar IIIc |
| Date Made | ca. 2300-2100 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Copper (uncertain) |
| Iconography | Gazelle | Star |
| Description | Gazelle standing on pole, the top of which ends in a 6-pointed star. The cylindrical pole itself is encircled by a band slightly above its middle. Expanding base. |
| Height | 3.2 cm |
| Length | 3.4 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933 |
| Other Number | H3578 - Field No SF |
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