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Votive Pin with Decorated Disc

Votive Pin with Decorated Disc

800–600 BCE
silver, repoussé and incised
Overall: 35.1 x 15.9 x 1.7 cm (13 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
James Parmelee Fund 1963.257
Location: 102A Ancient Near East

Did You Know?

Luristan votive pins were sometimes found pushed into the walls of religious sanctuaries.

Description

A complex mythological scene unfolds on the decorative disc of this silver pin. On the top register, two bearded figures carrying palm fronds and a bird extend a frond to a seated lion-headed man. Below, two figures holding fronds approach a man riding a bull. Two animal-headed beings flank the registers and perhaps hold banners in their hands. A pattern of stylized lotus buds and blossoms decorates the disk’s rim. The scene may represent a Mesopotamian or Iranian myth. The pin was made with the repoussé technique by hammering designs into the back.
  • Henning, Edward B. “Annual Report for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 6 (June 1964): 127–161. Reproduced: p. 145 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 11 archive.org
    Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Four Early Silver Objects from Iran.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 53, no. 2 (February 1966): 38–50. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 42, fig. 6 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 11 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 3 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
  • Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
  • {{cite web|title=Votive Pin with Decorated Disc|url=false|author=|year=800–600 BCE|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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