Button-Based Situlas

900–700 BCE
Diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
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The metalworkers of Luristan provided the Assyrian empire with elaborate bronze ornaments and vessels. These two situla are decorated symmetrically---one with ibexes drinking from an overflowing water jar; the other, with sphinxes.
Button-Based Situlas

Button-Based Situlas

900–700 BCE

Iran, Luristan

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