The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Button-Based Situlas

Button-Based Situlas

900–700 BCE
bronze, repoussé, punched, incised
Diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund 1960.35
Location: 102A Ancient Near East

Description

The metalworkers of Luristan provided the Assyrian empire with elaborate bronze ornaments and vessels. These two situla have symmetrical decoration—one with ibexes drinking from an overflowing water jar; the other, with sphinxes.
  • Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Button-Based Situlas|url=false|author=|year=900–700 BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1960.35