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Talisman

900–700 B.C.
Object PlaceLuristan
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsLegacy dimension: H. .16
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.566
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceBy 1930, acquired in Iran, probably by Ayoub Rabenou, Paris; 1930, sold by Rabenou, through Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: August 7, 1930)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 30.544-30.637 were purchased from Arthur Upham Pope for $15,000, plus a $2250 commission. According to Pope, the majority of the group belonged to Rabenou.
Conservation Status: After Cleaning
945–712 B.C.
Votive figure
Early first millennium B.C.
Votive plaque
650–550 B.C.
Votive plaque
650–550 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.