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Horse amulet

7th–4th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.623
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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.
Signet ring
A.D. 30–175
Decorated disc pin
550–331 B.C.
Fibula
about 700 B.C.
Bronze fibula
700–500 B.C.
Bronze fibula
700–500 B.C.
Bronze fibula
700–500 B.C.
Ring (with impression)
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Ring
100 B.C.–A.D. 300