The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Button-Based Situla
900–700 BCE
Diameter: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Location: 102A Ancient Near East
Description
The metalworkers of Luristan provided the Assyrian empire with elaborate bronze ornaments and vessels. These two situla are decorated symmetrically---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).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1960.35.1