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A FINE LURISTAN BRONZE IBEX AMULET browse these categories for related items... All Items: Near East: Luristanian: Pre AD 1000: item #798737 Please refer to our stock #Z.284 when inquiring.
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| Culture - Period : Ancient Persia.1st Millennium B.C The ibex with nice detail including ribbed horns and a collar which continues into the suspension loop Condition: Excellent, Intact and rare example in excellent condition with nice patina Dimensions: Height: 1.90 inch ( 5.00 cm ) X 1.20 inch ( 2.90 cm) Price Including : 1- 1-Worldwide Shipping -Priority Mail 2- Plexiglas stand 3- Export Approval from Israel antiquities Authority 4- certificate of authenticity. Luristan Culture . Communities living in and around the Zagros Mountains between Iran and Iraq in the late 2nd and early 1st millennia bc, distinctive for their bronze-working industry. Their origins are obscure, but they may have originated in the Caucasus away to the east; they seem to have been ancestral to the Medes and Persians. Their bronze work is characterized by ornamentation that includes the free use of animal and demonic human forms applied to such products as weapons, horse fittings, and jewellery. | ||||||
