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SHM 20563 MMLur 302 :: finial

Object description: Cast. Rampant animals/feline, canine? With attenuated bodies, prominent eye coils, rounded eyes, mane down back of neck (shown as a ridge), with jaws opened downwards on a horizontal ring formed by the upper paws. Lower paws also form horizontal ring. Claws are marked as incised lines. Long tails end in loop at base.

Data elements

Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 302

Serie nummer

555

MM Lur

302

Object

finial

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast. Rampant animals/feline, canine? With attenuated bodies, prominent eye coils, rounded eyes, mane down back of neck (shown as a ridge), with jaws opened downwards on a horizontal ring formed by the upper paws. Lower paws also form horizontal ring. Claws are marked as incised lines. Long tails end in loop at base.

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