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Bowl

300–500 CE
(224–651 CE)
silver
Overall: 6.4 x 14 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Weight: 27 oz
John L. Severance Fund 1963.478
Location: 102A Ancient Near East
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Description

The decoration on this bowl--a vine with a little nude, accompanied by musicians, drinking wine from a rhyton--is related to the Hellenistic cult of Dionysos, or Bacchus, which was brought to Iran by the Greeks and became absorbed into the cult of Anahita.
Bowl

Bowl

300–500 CE

Iran, Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE)

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