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SHM 20563 MMLur 220 :: pin

Object description: Cast. Plain shank upper half covered with low relief bead and reel pattern widening towards head. Terminates in stylised fist, i.e. U-shaped with central part incised with U, and three short parallel lines.

Data elements

Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 220

Serie nummer

470

MM Lur

220

Object

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast. Plain shank upper half covered with low relief bead and reel pattern widening towards head. Terminates in stylised fist, i.e. U-shaped with central part incised with U, and three short parallel lines.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1500-1100 BC

Name - Acquired from

Arne, Ture J:son (1879-05-07 - 1965-08-02), archaeologist

Description: Ture Arne Johnson, born May 7, 1879 in Söderköping, died 2 August 1965, Swedish archaeologist.
PhD in Uppsala in 1914 with the thesis "La Suède et l'Orient, études sur les relations archéologiques de la Suède et de l'Orient pendant l'Age des Vikings". Arne's field of work was mainly the contacts between Scandinavia and the early Russia.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Event - Was Present At

The Swedish archaeological expedition to Iran (1932-1933)

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Cf Publications

Cf/excavation: Haller 1954 pl. 30h L: c 7.5 cm, pin clenched fist head on double moulded neck, plain stem. Grave 45 Middle Assyrian. 1500-1100 BC "Royal".

Cf/collection: Pottier 1984 Bactrian fig 24:181 sort of idea for this: a real hand shape.

PhotoNegNo

(705) 61 mid R

Kind

IVA2

Length / Längd

16,2 cm

Dimensions

L. 16.2 cm.

Condition

Pale green on shiny surface.

Original register

Luristan

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SHM 20563 MMLur 220 :: pin

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