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Votive plaque

650–550 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMorris and Louise Rosenthal Fund
Accession number1983.391
On View
Not on view
Provenance1971, possibly discovered in Giyimli (Hirkanis), Turkey, during the construction of a mosque [see note]. 1983, with Said Motamed, Frankfurt; sold by Said Motamed to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 12, 1983)

NOTE: On this find, see Orhan Aytug Tasyürek, "The Urartian Bronze Hoard from Giyimli," Expedition 19, 4 (1977): 12.

Conservation Status: After Cleaning
945–712 B.C.
Votive figure
Early first millennium B.C.
Votive plaque
650–550 B.C.
Talisman
900–700 B.C.
Group shot:  04.1791, 11.1510, 11.1517
A.D. 363–476
Votive bell
late 4th–late 3rd century B.C.
Lizard box
760–30 B.C.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.